Insurance

During your stay at the Medical University of South Carolina, you will be offered the privileges of Student Health Services. In order for your medical record to be kept in an organized and chronological fashion, a file will be started for you at the time of your initial registration. This information is confidential and intended only for the use of Student Health Services while you are a student. The information will not be issued to any unauthorized person without your knowledge and written consent and will in no way affect your admission status. (Providing past medical history information on the medical history form is voluntary, but it is essential for the care giver to be aware of any significant past medical problems, drug reactions, allergies, etc.)

Immunization Documentation

The Following Information is required by ALL MUSC STUDENTS (full time, part time, or web-based). MUSC EMPLOYEES OR FORMER MUSC STUDENTS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THESE PREREQUISITES.

1. Medical History (form will be provided in pre-enrollment materials)
2. You are required to have proof of immunity and/or immunization to the following prior to enrollment.

a) TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST - Intradermal PPD (MANTOUX 5 TU) within 3 months of MUSC enrollment. TB Skin Test Results must be documented in number of Amm@ induration.

An intermediate result (1-9 mm induration) requires that a 2nd PPD be done 1 a week after the 1st PPD (placed on the opposite forearm).

If you have a history of a Previously Positive TB Skin Test, a Chest X-Ray (done after the TB skin test was documented as positive) is required.

b) MEASLES (Rubeola - Red Measles), MUMPS, & RUBELLA (German Measles): Requirements based on date of birth

Students born on or AFTER 01/01/57 are required to have: Two MMR Vaccines on or after the age of 12 months and both after 12/31/67

Students born on or before 12/31/56 are required to have: One MMR Vaccine after 12/31/67

In lieu of Vaccination Documentation, Positive IGG Antibody Titers (blood tests proving immunity) to Measles, Mumps and Rubella are required. Copies of the lab reports must be attached to the MUSC Immunization Record.

C) TETANUS - last booster within the last two years

NOTE: If your last Tetanus booster was not within the last two years, a Tetanus Toxoid (TT) or Tetanus Toxoid/Diphtheria (Td) is not acceptable as your update. You are required to have a Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (TDAP) Vaccine (available as of 9/2005) for your 2006 booster

D) VARICELLA (Chicken Pox) – Positive Varicella IgG Titer (blood test proving immunity) or Two Varicella (Varivax) Vaccines. A copy of the lab report must be attached to the MUSC Immunization Record

All immunizations must be documented in English, verified and signed or stamped by a Physician, Nurse or Health Care Facility on the MUSC immunization Record as indicated. All signatures must be legible!! If proof of immunity is by a blood tier, a copy of the lab report must be attached to the MUSC Immunization Record.

NOTE: Initials, abbreviations, or Parental Signatures are not acceptable.

If your immunization records do not meet the MUSC requirements as noted above and you are unable to obtain the required immunizations at your local Health Department or the physician of your choice, you may obtain these prerequisite immunizations prior to Registration Day for Rubeola, Mumps, Rubella, and/or Varicella at MUSC Student Health Services for a fee after providing documented serologic evidence of susceptibility (blood tests for Rubeola IgG, Mumps IgG, Rubella IgG, and/or Varicella IgG Titers which are negative, equivocal, or borderline). TB Skin Testing and Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis boosters are generally available at any healthcare facility, including Student Health Services for a fee. Student Health Services administers prerequisite immunizations MONDAY - THURSDAY between the hours of 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM. There are no exceptions to these times due to our regular patient schedule. No appointment is required. If a TB Skin Test is administered, you must be able to return to this office or a Health Care Facility in 48 - 72 hours to have the results of the skin test appropriately documented. Although MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Student Health Services does not do antibody titers, this office will give you a physician's order to enable you to have the blood tests done at the facility of your choice. Please remember that students who do not have the prerequisite immunization requirements completed prior to Registration Day will not be allowed to attend classes.

Health Insurance

MUSC students are subject to the University's mandatory health insurance coverage requirement. All students must have health insurance coverage as a condition of enrollment, and must either enroll in the MUSC plan, or obtain a waiver based on other acceptable health insurance plan coverage.

Please call Carol T. Billings at 843-792-3664 or email her at billingc@musc.edu for information.

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