Immunizations

Please make an appointment

Immunizations are available by appointment only from 8:00 am -- 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Please call 540.568.6178 for an appointment.

Immunization Requirements

Each semester the University Health Center requires new incoming students to complete a Health Evaluation/Immunization form (Health Record form). Compliance with and completion of this form is a Commonwealth of Virginia and University requirement for all students. Students will not be allowed to register for a second semester without full compliance.

Students are strongly encouraged to meet these requirements at home and return the completed form by the health record deadline.

Immunizations can be obtained through local Health Departments in Virginia or through private health care providers. Students may also obtain immunizations through the University Health Center. You will need to call 540.568.6178 to make an appointment for any needed immunizations.

Minimal fees are charged for vaccines given at the University Health Center.

Required Immunizations

  1. Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccine: (Td or DPT)
    • Must have completed 3 dose series and last booster within 10 years.
    • OR A completed series with a booster of Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (TdaP)
  2. Hepatitis B Vaccine**:
    • Must receive 3 doses or
    • provide titer report indicating positive immunity or sign waiver on Health Record.

    3. **The Hepatitis B Vaccine series is a series of three vaccines. If you have started the vaccine injections and are waiting to complete the series, again please sign the Hepatitis B waiver, submit your health record and send verification of the series when you have received the injections.

    The Hepatitis B vaccine series (3 shots) is mandatory for all IN-COMING STUDENTS, beginning in the Fall of 2006.

  3. Two (2) MMR Vaccines(Measles, Mumps, and Rubella)
    • administered after your first birthday AND after 1967.
    • OR Two (2) Measles vaccines, One (1) Rubella, One (1) Mumps vaccine.
    • All must have been administered after your first birthday AND after 1967.
    • OR Titer report indicating MMR immunity is acceptable in place of vaccine documentation.
  4. Meningococcal Vaccines:
  5. Tuberculosis Screening:
    • Must have prior to admission.
    • OR Tuberculin Skin Test for those at high risk for tuberculosis
    • OR Negative chest x-ray if history of prior positive TB skin tests.
  6. Polio
    • Must have at least one dose

Vaccinations not listed are NOT available at UHC. If necessary, you will be referred to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Health Department at 540.574.5100.

Immunization Fee Schedule

VACCINES PRICE PER DOSE # OF DOSES
 Hepatitis A $25.00 2**
 Hepatitis B $40.00 3**
HPV Gardasil $140.00 3**
 Meningococcal $100.00 1
 MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) $60.00 2**
 Polio $30.00 1
 TST (Tuberculin Skin Test) $10.00 1
 Td (Tetanus & Diphtheria) $25.00 1
 TdaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) $40.00 1

** MUST COMPLETE SERIES TO BE FULLY IMMUNIZED.

All prices are subject to change without notice.

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Tips for Locating Your Immunization Records:

  • At the doctor’s office or public health clinic where you got your shots
  • In your family records, such as a baby book or booklet kept by your parents or guardians in which your doctor wrote your immunizations as your received them.
  • At your high school
  • At an institution of higher educations you have attended in the past, if they had immunization requirements.

Institutions where your immunization records might be found usually have rules for how long they are kept, so very old records may have been destroyed. Regardless of the type of vaccine documentation you have, you must submit the JMU Health Record signed by a healthcare provider. Under certain circumstances, other documentation may be accepted, but providing such documentation may delay your ability to register for classes.

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Vaccine Information

More information on these vaccines is available by clicking on the following links:


Tips for locating your immunization record

 

Fee Information

 

Contact Information:

Betsy Gentry, RN

Email: gentryep@jmu.edu

Phone: 540-568-2978
Fax: 540-568-6176

Office Hours: 8am-5pm Monday-Friday

Prices for Health Center services and office visits are subject to change.


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