Health Services

As a prerequisite for beginning classes, Johnson & Wales University and the North Carolina Department of Health require that all new, fulltime students (residents and commuters) submit documented proof of:

• A physical exam form from within the last year, with a physician's signature (and parent/guardian signature for students under 18)
• Three tetanus-diphtheria vaccines (DTP/DTaP/Td) with one Td booster dose within the last 10 years (required)
• Negative TB test or chest x-ray within the last year is required tor entering students who are from highly endemic countries and have been residents in the United States for less than five years
• Two MMRs: measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (required)
• Hepatitis B series and Chicken Pox Vaccine (required)
• Meningitis vaccine and Hepatitis A vaccine (strongly recommended*)

*Important Meningitis Note According to the source American College Health Association, “Recent studies show that certain college students, particularly freshmen living in dormitories, have a sixfold increased risk for meningitis… Cases of meningitis among teens and young adults 15-24 years of age — the age of most college students — have more than doubled since 1991… A vaccine is available against four strains of the bacteria that cause meningococcal meningitis in the United States.”

Failure to meet any of these requirements will result in a Health Services hold being placed on your account. A hold prohibits you from registering/reinstating at the university. In addition, since you would no longer be an active student attending the university on a full-time basis, you would not be eligible to reside on campus and would lose your housing assignment. All documents must be submitted to Health Services before a hold will be removed.

Visit Health & Counseling Services or call 980-598-1700 for more information.