Health requirements for students at Ball State University exist primarily to protect the student body as a whole from infectious disease. Secondary goals are to meet Indiana State Law requirements and to have medical information at hand should a student need assistance from the health service. State law provides that Ball State shall prevent a student from beginning classes if they have not complied with state law by the beginning of the student's second academic term.
These requirements apply only to students who are physically attending classes on the Ball State Campus.
Requirements are different for undergraduate students, graduate students, and international students. Domestic graduate students are presumed to have met immunization requirements by virtue of having completed an undergraduate program.
Requirements are as follows:
1) Undergraduate students
A) Must have a Health Form completed. You must have Adobe Reader to open this file. If you do not have it you may download it at www.adobe.com by clicking the icon on the left side of the page which says "Get Adobe Reader." The history portion must be signed and dated by the student if he or she is 18 years of age or older. If the student is less than 18 year of age, it must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. As of spring semester 2008 a physical exam is no longer required. The Health Form includes information about Meningitis on Campus and the meningitis vaccine.
B) Students must have a booster dose of Td (Tetanus and Diphtheria) or TdaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis) within 10 years prior to admission. Documentation of Tetanus Toxoid alone is not sufficient.
C) Students born on or after January 1, 1957 must have either 2 doses of MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) or the following: 2 doses of Measles both given after 1967 and the first on or after the first birthday and the doses separated by at least 30 days, or an immune titer or physician diagnosed measles; 1 dose of Rubella or an immune titer; 1 dose of Mumps or physician diagnosed Mumps or an immune titer.
D) State law and Health Center Policy provide for an exemption from these requirements if the student provides a signed and dated statement expressing objection on religious grounds. An exemption may also be granted if a student pesents written documentation that she is pregnant or if a student is in the process of completing a course of immunizations.
2) International students
A) Must meet all the requirements listed above for undergraduate students. In addition, they must have a TB skin test performed in the United States and they must have a physical performed in the Health Center at Ball State University.
3) Graduate students
A) There presently is no health information required of graduate students.
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