N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-6.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:57-6.8 - Required immunization; meningococcal

(a) Each new student entering a four-year institution, for the first time after September 1, 2004, and who resides in a campus dormitory, shall receive one dose of meningococcal vaccine as condition of attendance at that institution, except as provided in 8:57-6.14 and 6.15.

(b) An institution shall exempt a student from the meningococcal vaccine requirement if the student objects thereto in a written statement submitted to the institution signed by the student or the parent or legal guardian if a minor, explaining how the administration of meningococcal vaccine conflicts with the student's bona fide religious tenets or practices, except that a general philosophical or moral exemption to the vaccination shall not be sufficient for an exemption on religious grounds.

New Rule, R. 2005 d.262, effective 8/15/2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 3335(a), 37 N.J.R. 3037(b).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.6 recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.7.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.6 and amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
Inserted designation (a); in (a), substituted "institution" for "college or university", inserted a comma following "2004" and updated the N.J.A.C. references; and added (b). Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.8, Institutional responsibility for enforcement, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.11.

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available