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.
Beginning in Fall 2017, 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. It is easier to identify countries of low rather than high TB prevalence. Therefore, students should undergo TB screening if they have arrived from countries EXCEPT those on the following list: Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, Oman, Poland, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Saint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, US Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands, West Bank and Gaza Strip.
(Source: World Health Organization Global Health Observatory, Tuberculosis Incidence 2015)
These immunizations are recommended, but not required.