All full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students who are accepted into degree programs are required to provide PLU’s Health Services documentation of their immunizations for measles, mumps, and rubella. Documentation means official records signed by a health care professional. International students from countries at increased risk for tuberculosis, per World Health Organization guidelines, will be required to have a tuberculosis test called a T-spot. This blood test must be done at Health Services by appointment on your arrival date to PLU. MMR vaccinations and the Tb blood test may be done at the same time. Both of these are available to international students at Health Services and will be billed to your international insurance.
Students with a PLU Medical History Record and immunizations in compliance with the PLU Immunization Policy on file with Health Services are considered cleared. Those students not in compliance are placed on medical hold and will not be allowed to register, drop or change classes after their initial (entry) registration.
Any student born before January 1, 1957 is considered immune to measles, mumps, and rubella. Students born after January 1, 1957 must provide records for required immunizations. The full-text of this policy is available online at https://www.plu.edu/health/new-students/immunizations/.
Any questions concerning immunizations should be directed to PLU’s Health Services at 253-535-7337.