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    Hawaii state law requires all post-secondary students to meet immunization requirements before attending any post-secondary school in the state. The requirements include having records of immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, varicella, and meningococcal conjugate (for first-year students living in on-campus housing). Students must have documentation of their immunizations signed by a licensed medical practitioner or the Hawaii Department of Health by the first day of school. If immunizations are not complete, an appointment card from a doctor showing the student is in the process of completing them is needed. Students who do not meet the immunization requirements by the

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    Hawaii state law requires all post-secondary students to meet immunization requirements before attending any post-secondary school in the state. The requirements include having records of immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, varicella, and meningococcal conjugate (for first-year students living in on-campus housing). Students must have documentation of their immunizations signed by a licensed medical practitioner or the Hawaii Department of Health by the first day of school. If immunizations are not complete, an appointment card from a doctor showing the student is in the process of completing them is needed. Students who do not meet the immunization requirements by the

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    Hawaii state law requires all post-secondary students to meet immunization requirements before attending any post-secondary school in the state. The requirements include having records of immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, varicella, and meningococcal conjugate (for first-year students living in on-campus housing). Students must have documentation of their immunizations signed by a licensed medical practitioner or the Hawaii Department of Health by the first day of school. If immunizations are not complete, an appointment card from a doctor showing the student is in the process of completing them is needed. Students who do not meet the immunization requirements by the

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    IMPORTANT NOTICE TO

    POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS


    HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
    EFFECTIVE: JULY 1, 2020

    What does Hawai‘i State Law require for Post-Secondary


    School attendance?
    The Hawai‘i Administrative Rules, Chapter 11-157 require all students to meet
    immunization requirements before they attend any post-secondary school
    in the state.

    A post-secondary school is any school enrolling or registering students


    above the age of required school attendance, including:
    it’s the rule, don’t
    • Adult Education School • Community College miss out on school
    • Business School • College
    • Trade School • University

    What are the health 1 Immunizations


    A record of immunizations, signed or stamped by a U.S. licensed
    requirements for Post- practitioner (physician, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or Physician
    Assistant) or the Hawai‘i Department of Health, must be presented for
    Secondary School school attendance.

    attendance in Hawai‘i? 2 Tuberculosis (TB) Clearance


    For information regarding TB clearance requirements, contact the Hawai‘i
    Department of Health Tuberculosis Control Branch:

    call: (808) 832-5731 web: health.hawaii.gov/tb

    What immunizations are required by Where can I get immunizations?


    the 1st day of school? • Talk to your doctor. If you don’t have a doctor and
    need one, call Aloha United Way 2-1-1.
    • Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
    • Check with the student health center of the school
    • Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap)
    you will be attending for available services.
    • Varicella
    • Meningococcal Conjugate (MCV)*
    For more information contact
    *First-year students living in on-campus housing only Hawai‘i Department of Health Immunization Branch
    Web: health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-
    If you do not have the required immunizations by the first immunizations/school-health-requirements/
    day of school, you must provide an appointment card from Email: immunization@doh.hawaii.gov
    your doctor showing you are in the process of completing Call: (808) 586-8332 or
    the missing immunizations. 1 (800) 933-4832

    A student who has not completed all of the immunizations


    For further information on the immunization requirements, including
    or does not have an appointment card from their doctor by the number of doses required and minimum spacing between doses,
    the 1st day of school WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND visit http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/vaccines-immunizations/school-
    SCHOOL until these requirements are met. health-requirements/.

    August 2019

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