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The presence in our society of individuals who have not been immunized for measles creates a significant health risk.  On the advice of the Whatcom County Health Department, Western Washington University adopts the position that identifiable groups of its students and employees should be required to submit to immunization for measles.

The following policy shall apply to students and employees who are born after a date established periodically by the University with the advice of the Whatcom County Health Department:

1.         These individuals should demonstrate proof they had measles immunization after 12 months of age and after 1968; demonstrate proof of one immunization prior to enrollment or employment and obtain a second within a period of time established by the University; or sign a waiver for an exemption from immunization.  Such exemption may be allowed for religious, personal or medical reasons.

2.         Students or employees who fail to demonstrate appropriate proof of immunization or immunity, or obtain immunizations, or otherwise sign a waiver for exemption may be subject to disenrollment or disciplinary action, respectively.

3.         All individuals who enroll as students at the University and all individuals accepting positions of employment at the University, after the effective date of this policy, shall be required to complete a measles immunization report form prior to enrollment or commencement of employment.  The immunization report form to be completed shall include official medical documentation of immunization dates or immunity, or a signed waiver of exemption due to religious, personal, or medical reasons.

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