Section 120397 Of Chapter 1.7. Meningococcal Immunization From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 105. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.7.
120397
. Each degree-granting private postsecondary educational
institution that provides on-campus housing in the state shall adopt
a policy to notify all incoming students about meningococcal disease
and the availability of the vaccination, beginning with the 2002-03
school year. The Legislature encourages those institutions to
consider all of the following in adopting the policy:
(a) Providing information on meningococcal disease developed
pursuant to Section 120395 to each prospective student who has been
accepted for admission to the postsecondary institution prior to the
student's matriculation into the institution. The information may
include a response form with space in which to indicate that the
prospective student has received the information about meningococcal
disease and the availability of the vaccine to prevent one from
contracting the disease. The form shall include space for the
prospective student to indicate whether or not he or she has chosen
to receive the vaccination, and a space for his or her signature.
(b) Requiring each prospective student to return to the
postsecondary educational institution a form with a response as to
whether or not the person received the information, and whether or
not the person chooses to receive the vaccination.
(c) Maintaining the completed forms received from students in
accordance with the institution's health care records policy.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
postsecondary educational institution to provide the vaccination to
students.