Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Information
In May 2011, the Texas State Legislature passed SB 1107, effective immediately, requiring all entering students under the age of 30 at public and private institutions of higher education to provide evidence of vaccination against bacterial meningitis or a signed affidavit declining the vaccination. The Office of Admissions is coordinating the documentation process for immunization requirements. Please submit your proof of vaccination directly to Admissions.

This requirement applies to all first-time or transfer students beginning January 2012. The law does not apply to students 30 years of age or older or students who are only distance learners (online). 

Other Vaccines
Other than proof of the bacterial meningitis vaccine (or affidavit declining the vaccination), Texas A&M University no longer requires the submission of immunization records as a requirement for class registration. However, Student Health Services strongly recommends that every student, and their family members, review our updated list of immunizations most appropriate for the university student. This list of recommended vaccines was compiled by the American College Health Association (ACHA) with assistance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).         

Health science majors and some international students will be an exception to this recommendation. International students should review the recommended immunizations below as well as the TB Screening information at the bottom on the page.

Health science majors are required by state law to be compliant with certain immunization requirements prior to the beginning of their clinical rotations. Assuring that health science students comply with state laws regarding required immunizations is the responsibility of the health science department or college.

All of the recommended vaccines are available to students at Student Health Services. If you have any questions regarding recommended vaccines, please contact Student Health Services at 979-458-8345.

You are welcome to continue to submit immunization records voluntarily in order to assure the availability of a more complete medical record while you are a student at Texas A&M University.     

Click here to view the recommended adult immunization schedule.

Tuberculosis Screening (PDF Reader)
Tuberculosis (TB) screening (by questionnaire, skin and/or blood testing) is required for all incoming, high-risk students, domestic or international, who have recently (within past five years) arrived from or traveled to one or more of the countries listed here where TB is endemic. 

 TB SCREENING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IF:

• Persons who have been close contacts of a person with infectious TB
• Persons with signs or symptoms of active TB
• Persons with HIV infection
• Persons who inject drugs
• Persons who have resided in, have been employed by, or volunteered in the following high-risk congregate settings: prisons and jails, nursing homes and other long-term facilities for the elderly, hospitals and other health care facilities, residential facilities for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and homeless shelters
• Persons with the following clinical conditions that place them at high risk: silicosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, some hematologic disorders (e.g. leukemias and lymphomas), other specific malignancies (e.g. carcinoma of the head or neck and lung), low body weight (10% or more below the ideal), gastrectomy and jejunoileal bypass, prolonged corticosteroid therapy (e.g. prednisone 15 mg/d for 1 month), other immunosuppressive therapy, pulmonary fibrotic lesions seen on chest radiographs (presumed to be from prior, untreated TB)

 
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY POLICY REQUIRES: 

• Tuberculosis screening must be done within 12 months of enrollment.
• Students with a prior BCG immunization STILL REQUIRE tuberculosis screening.
• Tuberculosis screening (PPD) results MUST be recorded in NUMBER and MM.
• Once a Tuberculin skin test is positive or history of BCG, students should have an IGRA TB test.
• Chest x-rays MUST have been done in the UNITED STATES and within 12 months of enrollment.

Detailed information about screening and treatment for tuberculosis can be found at the following website: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/