Student Health Services

Baker University requires students, regardless of age, to submit a copy of their updated immunization records. This documentation can be a personal immunization record signed by a health care provider, a physician or clinic report stating all immunization records, or a copy of school immunization records. Students who are unable to verify their immunization history must be re-immunized::

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) immunization. Two doses required at least 28 days apart for students born after 1956.
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis) immunization booster within the last 10 years.
• Meningitis (MCV4 or ACWY) immunization. Two doses of MCV4 or ACWY are recommended. If the first dose is given before the 16th birthday, then a booster is required. Meningitis B is recommended but not required.
• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: If an international student is arriving from a country on the CDC list of high infection rates, they need to have a TB skin test performed at their own expense. If that test is positive, the student is required to have a Quantiferon Gold TB blood test and provide documentation. The Quantiferon Gold test can be ordered and completed at Family Medicine of Baldwin City for a fee if it has not been completed or documentation is not available from the home country. A chest X-ray is required for students with a positive Quantiferon test. If the student has received treatment for tuberculosis, documentation of treatment is required.

Students are required to submit one of the following as proof of immunization:

• A personal immunization record signed by a health care provider
• A physician or clinic report stating all immunization records or blood titers
• A copy of school immunization record

A waiver can be signed for religious/philosophical exemption. If the waiver is signed, a student will be informed that in the case of an outbreak of disease such as measles, mumps, rubella, and meningitis, the student must leave campus temporarily. Once the threat of the disease is over, the student will be allowed to return to campus.

Compliance is managed by the Office of the Dean of Students and is strictly enforced. In the absence of required immunization documentation, the following actions may be in order:

All students who do not complete this requirement:

• Will have five calendar days from the first date of classes to produce records or receive new immunizations.
• After this date, the student will have an academic HOLD placed on his or her account. With this hold in place, the student is restricted from using major functions of the Office of the Registrar (e.g., prohibited from pre-enrollment activities).
• Staff of the Office of the Dean of Students will remove the hold when it has been determined that the student has met compliance standards.

Residential students who do not complete this requirement:

• Will have five calendar days from the date of move-in to produce records or receive new immunizations.
• After this date, students may be required to leave university housing with no refund.
• Students may return upon proof of required immunizations.

Fall | August 1
Interterm | December 1
Spring | January 1
Or within two weeks of admission to the university, whichever is latest

Residential students are required to submit the immunization records through their admissions hub before moving into university-owned housing.

Submit Immunization Records

All athletes must complete an additional physical by a medical doctor before being allowed to participate in their sport. The form is available on the Sports Medicine pages of the Baker University athletic website.
 

A voluntary health insurance plan is available, through the Office of Human Resources. Students who are not covered by their parents’ health insurance are encouraged to enroll. Insurance coverage is mandatory for international students and student-athletes.

If it is necessary to miss class because of injury or illness, it is the student’s responsibility to contact his or her professors. It is at the discretion of the professor whether to grant an excused absence. Absences of more than three consecutive days should be reported to the Office of Student Affairs.

Students who live in a residence hall and become ill in the evening or on a weekend should contact the residence hall staff. For non-emergency care, students can be seen at area medical facilities at the student’s expense. If immediate emergency care is needed, dial 911 for Douglas County Sheriff’s Emergency Service, 24 hours a day.