D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B153

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B153 - MENINGOCOCCAL

153.1

Except as provided in § 153.3, beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, each first-year student enrolled in a school of post-secondary education in the District of Columbia and living, or who may live, in on-campus student housing shall receive one (1) dose of meningococcal vaccine.

153.2

A school of post-secondary education in the District of Columbia shall:

(a) Notify a student eighteen (18) years of age or older or the parent or legal guardian of a student less than eighteen (18) years old, in writing, of the requirement for meningococcal vaccination. Notice shall be given at the time the school accepts a student for admission or when a student registers for classes, if students are not required to apply for admission before registering for courses.

(b) Include written notice of the requirement for meningococcal vaccination in:

(1) Admission acceptance information;

(2) Student health-related information and materials;

(3) Resident life information and materials;

(4) The student handbook; and

(5) The college catalog.

(c) Provide information about the risks of contracting meningococcal disease and about the availability and effectiveness of meningococcal vaccine to:

(1) A student eighteen (18) years of age or older who resides in, or may reside in, on-campus student housing; or

(2) The parent or legal guardian of a student less than eighteen (18) years of age who resides in, or may reside in, on campus housing.

(d) Keep on file in the student's records any waiver form a student submits, or parent or guardian submits on behalf of a student, requesting waiver of the requirements of § 153.1.

153.3

A student eighteen (18) years of age or older, or the parent or legal guardian of a student less than eighteen (18) years of age, may obtain a waiver from the requirements in § 153.1 if the individual submits a form with information stated in § 153.4 to the school of post-secondary education.

153.4

A form requesting waiver of the requirements of § 153.1 shall include the following information:

(a) A statement that the applicant is:

(1) Eighteen (18) years of age or older and applying on his or her own behalf; or

(2) The parent or legal guardian of a student who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) A statement that the applicant has received and reviewed the information provided by the school of post-secondary education on the risk of contracting meningococcal disease and the availability and effectiveness of meningococcal vaccine;

(c) A statement that the applicant refuses meningococcal vaccine on his or her own behalf, if the applicant is eighteen years of age or older, or on behalf of a student who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

(d) Spaces on the form for the following:

(1) The applicant's printed name;

(2) The printed name of the student, if the student is different from the applicant

(3) The applicant's Signature; and

(c) The date of execution of the form.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B153

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 5253 (May 2, 2008)