2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
CHAPTER 101 - COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING GENERALLY
Section 59-101-290. Notification of risk of contracting certain diseases if living on-campus.
(A) A public institution of higher learning shall notify incoming students, or the parent or guardian of an incoming student under the age of eighteen, of the risk of contracting meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B if living in on-campus student housing.
(B) A public institution of higher learning shall include vaccination against meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B as recommended immunization in health and medical information provided to students or prospective students and parents or guardians.
(C) A private institution of higher learning may elect to be governed by this section and at any time may, in its sole discretion, remove itself from such governance.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 317, Section 1.
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