Students are required to have a Lander University Health Immunization Form (PDF) on file with the Student Health Center.
Are You Immunized?
The following immunizations/tests are required of Lander University students PRIOR to registration. The immunization portion of the form must be signed or stamped by a physician or health care provider or a copy of your immunization certification will be accepted.
Students from a high-risk group* will be required to have their Tuberculosis testing completed once they are in the United States. This blood test rules out active TB. This blood test MUST be completed at either the Lander University Wellness Center or the Montgomery Center for Family Medicine within 72 hours of arrival on campus.
*Categories of high risk students include those students who have arrived within the past 5 years from countries where TB is endemic. Therefore, students should undergo TB screening if they have arrived from countries on the following list: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
These immunizations are recommended, but not required.