Meningitis Vaccination Requirement
The law requires all incoming Texas college students under age 22 to receive a vaccination or booster against bacterial meningitis. Here’s helpful information about where to receive the shot on campus and how to submit your shot record to the school.
Meningitis Vaccination Info
The Texas Legislature mandates that all incoming Texas college students under 22 years of age receive a vaccination or booster against bacterial meningitis. You must provide evidence that you are in compliance with the meningitis requirement before you can register for classes.
The meningitis vaccine is required for the following individuals under 22 years of age, including:
- All new students to San Jacinto College including dual credit
- All returning San Jacinto College students who have had a break in enrollment for one or more Fall or Spring semesters
- All incoming Transfer students
- All Continuing and Professional Development (CPD) students taking "linked" courses. A linked CPD course is any course held in conjunction with an academic/credit course.
Important: You or your parent/guardian must provide that you have received the bacterial meningitis vaccination or booster within the last five years prior to enrollment, and not less than 10 days before the first day of classes.
You should get the MenACWY or MPSV4 vaccination to meet the state requirements. The MenB vaccination does not meet state requirements.
Simply complete this online form and upload your meningitis record. You can also bring your meningitis record to the admissions office. Sign in at the
welcome desk for walk-in service. Book an appointment with an admissions advisor. Select “Virtual” as the appointment
type, then “Document Intake/Record Update - Virtual” as the visit reason.What to Do Next
Submit Your Record Online.
Come to the Admissions Office.
Make a Virtual Appointment.
More Information
- Men ACWY
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal
- MCV
- MCV4
- Menactra
- Menveo
- Menomune
- MPSV4
- MenQuadfi
- Nimenrix Meningococcal group A, C, W-135, and Y conjugate vaccine
- Penbraya (2 doses)
- Tetravalent Meningococcal Vaccine (Tetra Meningitis)
- Ingovax ACWY
Meningitis B is not accepted, as it does not fulfill the State of Texas’ legal requirement for admission. Unfortunately, we cannot accept Men B immunizations under any circumstances.
Acceptable evidence of vaccination or receiving a booster dose includes:
- The signature or stamp of a physician or his/her designee, or public health personnel on a form that shows the month, day, and year the vaccination dose or booster was administered
- An official immunization record generated from a state or local health authority
- An official record received from school officials, including a record from another state
The following San Jacinto College students are not required to submit evidence of receiving the vaccination against bacterial meningitis or evidence of receiving a booster dose:
- Students who are 22 years of age or older
- Students who enrolled during the Fall 2011 term or earlier and who have maintained continual Fall and Spring term enrollment as long as they remain San Jac students. (Note: the exception does not apply once a San Jac student transfers to another college.)
- Students who are enrolled only in Continuing and Professional Development courses or corporate training programs that are less than 360 contact hours that are not linked to Credit classes. Contact Us for more information.
Following are the types of waivers. If requesting a waiver, then you won't need a meningitis vaccination, but you will need to fill out the bacterial meningitis form and attach your waiver documentation.
- Distance Learning (DL) waiver: If you're enrolled only in distance learning classes that are 100 percent online.
- Texas (TX) waiver: If you're presenting a conscientious exemption stating you decline the vaccination for reasons of conscience, including religious belief. Access the conscientious exemption form.
- Health waiver: You'll need to present an affidavit signed by a licensed physician stating that the vaccination would injure your health.
Instructions:
- Complete the bacterial meningitis form in step one above, then attach your documents.
- Make sure your name, birth date, student ID number (G number) and all other information are displayed correctly on the waivers. Your G number is 8 digits. Also make sure waivers are signed and dated so we can accept them.
- DL waiver: Check the second box on the form in step one that says I am declaring a temporary waiver. Then select the semester and year you want the waiver applied. Note the hold will never be deleted with this option. The hold date will simply be adjusted to reflect the semester you are attending.
- TX waiver: After you fill out your birth date on the form, if you are 18 or older, a third box will pop us that says I am 18 years of age or older and am declaring an exemption for reasons of conscience.
Check that box. Fill out the conscientious exemption form. Click the print button. Print it out. Sign and date the form. Upload it where it says attach a file.
Note the hold will never be deleted with the TX waiver option. The hold date will simply be adjusted to two years from the signature date. - Health waiver: Check the last box on the form. Upload your affidavit signed by a licensed physician.
Check out the Texas Department of State Health Services immunization exemptions webpage for more details on this topic.
