Section 22-B153. MENINGOCOCCAL

 

153.1Except 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.

 

153.2A 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.

 

153.3A 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.

 

153.4A 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.

 

source

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