Students are expected to maintain private insurance during their time at the College. If enrolled students do not have insurance through a parent, spouse or employment, the American College Student Association offers college students a voluntary Injury and Sickness plan at a reasonable cost.
For further information please their website at http://www.acsa.com. The College does not assume financial responsibility for outside health treatment, physical or mental.
The College is committed to ensuring that all students are given every opportunity to succeed. Any students with diagnosed disabilities are encouraged to identify themselves to the Director of Student Services. The College provides services and reasonable accommodations to all students who need and have a legal entitlement to such accommodations.
The new requirements will affect all full time students as well as all matriculating students. Matriculating students are defined as those enrolled in a degree-seeking program. Part time non-matriculating students are not required to have MMR and varicella immunizations although they are recommended to have those vaccines by ACIP.
MMR Vaccine
Beginning August 1, 2010 all incoming freshman will be required to show proof of 2 doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The doses should be separated by at least 28 days with dose number one given on or after the first birthday. Exemptions to this requirement include:
1. Individuals born before January 1, 1957,
2. Laboratory confirmation of immunity to such disease,
3. Documentation from a physician stating that the student is medically contraindicated from receiving such vaccine,
4. Documentation from the student that such an immunization is contrary to his/her religious beliefs,
5. Documentation from a physician or director of health that the student has had a confirmed case of such disease,
6. Enrollment in a distance-learning program conducted entirely through electronic media in a setting without other students present.
Graduation from a Connecticut high school in 1999 or later
The provision in the statute regarding “Graduation from Connecticut high school in 1999” does not apply to the new 2 dose Mumps and Rubella requirement. Current high school immunization entry requirements for enrollment only mandate that students need 1 dose of mumps and 1 dose of rubella vaccines. Although most students have probably received the MMR combination vaccine to meet the two dose measles requirement, you cannot automatically assume that graduation from a state high school translates into all students having received a 2nd dose of rubella and mumps vaccines. College Health Service personnel must still review student immunization records to ensure that all incoming freshman are in compliance with the new immunization requirements prior to enrollment.
Varicella Vaccine
Beginning August 1, 2010 all incoming freshman will be required to show proof of 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine. The doses should be separated by at least 28 days with dose number one given on or after the first birthday. Exemptions to this requirement include:
1. Individuals born in the United States before January 1, 1980,
2. Laboratory confirmation of immunity to such disease,
3. Documentation from a physician stating that the student is medically contraindicated from receiving such vaccine,
4. Documentation from the student that such an immunization is contrary to his/her religious beliefs,
5. Documentation from a physician or director of health that the student has had a confirmed case of such disease,
6. Enrollment in a distance-learning program conducted entirely through electronic media in a setting without other students present.
Graduation from a Connecticut high school in 1999 or later does NOT apply to varicella vaccine. Adequate evidence of immunity and the exemptions noted above are consistent with the ACIP varicella recommendations. Parental or self-report of history of varicella disease is no longer considered acceptable evidence of immunity, as naturally occurring infection has declined dramatically and clinical illness has become more difficult to recognize. The full ACIP recommendations for prevention of varicella are available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5604a1.htm.
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