NEW in 2020-2021: Massachusetts Influenza Vaccine Requirement

**NEW for 2020-2021: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has announced that all full-time undergraduate and graduate students attending any college or university in-person within the Commonwealth are required to get an influenza vaccination.

As a result of this new policy, all in-person Stonehill students are required to receive the flu vaccine and provide documentation to Health Services, or must be approved for a medical or religious exemption to the influenza vaccine by December. Students currently remote but planning to return for the spring semester must get the flu vaccine or they will not be allowed on campus. Students who attend any classes or activities on campus during the spring semester, even once, must be vaccinated.

The state's new vaccine requirement is an important step to reduce flu-related illness and the overall impact of respiratory illness. It is especially important this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although not required, we also encourage remote-only students to be vaccinated, to protect their own health and the health of those around them.

Please submit documentation to Health Services using the online verification form.