Minnesota state law requires some students attending college, graduate school, or seminary to show proof of immunization. The law makes others exempt from the requirement. For students at Bethel Seminary, the following policies apply:
Students who do not need to provide proof of immunization
- Any student born before 1957
- Any student who graduated from a Minnesota high school in 1997 or later.
- Seminary students who:
- Attend only evening or weekend classes
- Study only in online classes who are not otherwise required to provide proof of immunization because of their field of study
- Have intensives or residencies that are seven or fewer consecutive days
Students who must provide proof of immunization
- Any student who attends face-to-face classes during weekday daytime hours if they are not otherwise exempted by the statute because of their age or year of graduation from a Minnesota high school
- Students in particular fields of study (usually in the medical professions)*
- Students who come to campus for residencies or intensives that are longer than seven consecutive days if not otherwise exempted by the statute because of their age or year of graduation from a Minnesota high school
- “Dual Enrollment” students in CAPS, Seminary, or GS who take CAS classes or Seminary daytime classes if not otherwise exempted by the statute because of their age or year of graduation from a Minnesota high school
These immunization requirements can also be found in the Bethel Seminary online catalog.