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 in the College of Adult and Professional Studies, Bethel Seminary, and the Graduate School, the following applies:

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.
• All CAPS students enrolled only in CAPS classes unless required by their program to be immunized*
• GS and 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
• “Cross 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

*Programs that require proof of immunization currently include students in most nursing programs and all students in the MS in Physician Assistant program.