PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Certificate of Immunization

In order to enroll in classes at ABAC and all other colleges in Georgia, students must prove adequate immunity to several vaccine preventable illnesses. A health care provider must sign the Certificate. The Certificate is part of the admission packet and is on the ABAC Web Site at: http://www.abac.edu/admissions/forms/immunization%20form.pdf

Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

Students born before 1957 are exempt from vaccination.

Students born in 1957 or after must prove immunity to Measles, Mumps and Rubella by:

2 MMR Vaccines, or
Laboratory tests to prove immunity

Tetanus-Diphtheria

A Tetanus-Diphtheria booster within the last 10 years

Varicella (Chicken Pox)

Students born in 1980 or after must prove immunity to Varicella by:

Giving a health care provider a history of having the chicken pox, or
Laboratory tests to prove immunity, or
Two doses of the vaccine

Hepatitis B

Students 18 years old and younger at the time of entering ABAC must prove immunity to Hepatitis B by:

Adequate vaccination, or
Laboratory tests to prove immunity.

Meningococcal Disease

Georgia law requires that students enrolled in college who will be residing in on-campus housing shall provide documentation of vaccination against Meningococcal Disease, or may, if the student is 18 years or older, decline the vaccine after he/she has received and reviewed information regarding Meningococcal Disease and the Meningococcal Disease Vaccine. This information, as required by law, is described in the Handout “Meningococcal Disease: What You Need to Know”. If the student is under the age of 18, his or her parent or guardian may sign this declination.