Immunization Requirements
The state of Minnesota requires all undergraduate students born after 1956 to be immunized against tetanus and diphtheria (TD), and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
If we are unable to verify your immunization dates through the Minnesota Department of Health immunization registry, you will be contacted to provide your immunization information. If you do not receive an email, no action is needed.
To provide your immunization information:
- Login to myHealthPortal using your St. Thomas credentials
- Select Forms & Requirements
- Select Update for Measles, Mumps, Rubella or Tetanus-Diphtheria
- Under Vaccine History, select Add Immunization and enter date and vaccination type
- Repeat for additional vaccinations (two MMR dates are required)
- When entering the MMR vaccine for Measles, the date will also be added for Mumps and Rubella
- If the dates provided meet requirements, the item will be marked as “Compliant” in Forms & Requirements
- Before exiting myHealthPortal, ensure the Forms & Requirements page shows “Compliant” for:
- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Tetanus-Diphtheria
You are not required to upload a copy of your immunization records but may choose to do so to assist in clinical care and/or travel health.
Questions? Contact Center for Well-Being Compliance at CWBCompliance@stthomas.edu or 651-962-6122.
Immunity, Exemptions and Records
If you have had Measles, Mumps, or Rubella, you may provide results of a titer blood test to prove immunity or a physician's signed document attesting to the disease including the month and year in which you had the disease.
There is no option for proof of immunity to tetanus-diphtheria (TD). Vaccination is required.
- Login to myHealthPortal using your St. Thomas credentials
- Select Forms & Requirements
- Select Update for the correlating disease (Measles, Mumps, or Rubella)
- Upload a copy of your titer lab results (required)
- After documentation is reviewed and approved, the immunization requirement for that disease will be marked as "Compliant" on the Forms & Requirements page
- You will be contacted if questions or concerns
- Alternatively, a healthcare provider can attest to your titer results or past history of the disease
- See “How to Apply for an Exemption”, below
If you wish to request a medical or conscientious/religious exemption:
- Login to myHealthPortal
- Select Other Form Uploads from the menu
- Download the Exemption Form
- Medical exemptions must be signed by your medical provider
- Conscientious/Religious Exemptions require a notarized signature
- Return to Upload the completed form
- Students will receive a message after the form has been reviewed
Your family or health care provider may already have this information or the health office of your previous
school. International students may have an immunization booklet.
Online resources may also be available from the state in which your vaccinations were received:
- Minnesota - Health Services will check the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection for your records.
- Wisconsin - See the Wisconsin Immunization Registry.
- Iowa - See the Immunization Registry Information System.
- Other states - See the CDC Contacts for IIS Immunization Records to see if the state in which you received your vaccinations has an online immunization information system.
If you are unable to find your immunization information or have questions, contact Center for Well-Being Compliance at CWBCompliance@stthomas.edu or 651-962-6122.
Graduate & Professional Students
Graduate and professional program students are encouraged to provide their immunization information to assist in clinical care and/or travel health, but it is not a requirement. To upload your records, selectImmunization Recordunder "Additional items NOT required for clearance" on the Forms & Requirements page in myHealthPortal.