细菌性脑膜炎免疫

Bacterial meningitis is a serious, potentially deadly disease that can progress extremely fast. More information can also be found at the website for the 疾病控制中心.

Texas state law (SB 1107 and SB 62) requires all under the age of 22 entering an institution of higher education to show proof that they have been vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. The vaccine must be administered at least 10 days prior to the start of the semester. The vaccine must be no more than 5 years old from the date the student enrolls.

The entire text of SB 1107 and SB 62 may be found here:

• SB 1107
• SB 62

下列豁免适用:

• Students who are 22 years of age or older by the first class day of the semester
• 被录取的学生 a continuing education course or program that is less than 360 contact hours, 或者继续教育，企业培训
• 被录取的学生  只提供网上课程
• The Texas Department of Health allows exemptions from the immunization based on:
  • 医疗问题
  • Reasons of conscience, including a religious belief
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• If you are (or will be) over the age of 22 prior to the start of the term, 你将自动获得豁免.
• 如果你计划只上在线课程, 你会 need to contact the 招生 Office and ask for the exemption. Note: if 招生 grants you this exemption and then you enroll in on-campuses courses, 你会 be dropped from these on-campus courses.
• Students can opt to file an exemption under one of the provisions from the Texas Department of State Health Services by completing the exemption form found at http://co-request-jc.dshs.texas.gov/.
  • The form is valid for any student requesting an exemption under one of provisions regardless if the student is living on or off campus or their age.

• 医生签名或盖章的表格. 你可以用这个 疫苗接种表格证明.
• 官方的州或地方免疫记录
• 学校官方记录

You can submit evidence of vaccination or an affidavit to decline vaccination through your myBLINN 账户.

1. 去 my.模拟金属.edu.
2. 输入您的用户名:firstname.lastnameXX
   • XX represents the last 2 digits of your Blinn ID number.
   • Enter the password you set during 账户 activation.
     If you have previously attended 威尼斯人博彩 and have already set up your myBLINN 账户, the password will be the last one used to log in. If you have forgotten the password or need to reset it, please access Blinn's Password Manager at http://password.ariahdecorat.net/pmuser.
3. 一旦你登录了 myBLINN，点击招生表格图标.
   
4. Click "Evidence of Vaccination against Bacterial Meningitis" at the top of the page and follow the instructions within the form. You must have access to your bacterial meningitis vaccination record or exemption to submit the form.

If you are required to have the vaccination and do not submit evidence or proof of exemption, 你会 be moved to all online classes before the tenth day of class.

有保险的学生
The bacterial meningitis vaccine is available at most doctors' offices and private clinics, 许多大型连锁药店(CVS或沃尔格林), and some minor emergency centers or medi-clinics.

有医疗补助或CHIP的学生
The first option for students who have Medicaid or CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan) should be to contact his/her established healthcare provider to see if they offer the vaccine.

Students without insurance or whose insurance doesn’t cover the bacterial meningitis vaccine

1. If the student is 18 or younger, he/she may qualify for the Texas Vaccines for Children Program. 拨打联合劝募会的转介热线, 拨打211, to find healthcare providers in the area who participate in this program.
2. Many Texas city/county health 部门 offer free or low-cost meningococcal vaccine as part of children and adult immunization programs. 访问 德克萨斯州市/县卫生部门 以获取有关这些服务的更多信息.

The vaccine must be received no later than 10 days prior to the start of the term.