How to Certify Your Meningitis Decision

This is one step in the immunization compliance process at Columbia University.

New York State public health law and University policy require that students must complete the decision form on the Patient Portal to document one of the following:

  1. Decline to be vaccinated
  2. Intend to be vaccinated in the near future
  3. Have received the meningitis vaccine in the past 5 years

What do the options mean for compliance?

Students who select either of the first two options are complete when they submit their decision form.

Students who select the third option must provide proof of one of the following and are compliant only after our team has confirmed the submission meets the requirement: 

  • 2 doses of Meningitis B vaccine (at least 6 months apart within past 5 years), or 
  • 1 dose of the MenACWY vaccine received within the past 5 years, or 
  • 1 dose of the Pentavalent (ABCWY) vaccine received within the past 5 years 

Learn more about immunization compliance at Columbia University and how to complete the requirement. 

 

  1. Go to the Patient Portal and log in with your UNI.
     
  2. Select "Medical Clearances" from the left-hand menu.
     
  3. Select "Update" next to Meningitis Vaccine.
     
  4. Review the information about Meningococcal Meningitis.
     
  5. Once you have reviewed the information, click the button to acknowledge reviewing the information about Meningococcal Meningitis.
     
  6. In the next section, select the option that reflects your decision about being vaccinated against meningitis.
     
  7. Click "Submit Final" when complete. 

If you certify that you have received the meningitis vaccine within the past 5 years, you must:

  1. Click "Update" next to Meningitis Vaccine and enter the dates of when you received the vaccine, and
     
  2. Click "Upload" next to Upload Immunization Files to upload proof of vaccination (such as WHO booklet or documentation from physician/pharmacy, etc.) for your submission to be considered complete.