Resolution 99-26: IMMUNIZATIONS IMPROVEMENY
| Number | 99-26 |
| Description | required hep b shot |
| Authored by |
Leon Miller |
| Sponsored by |
April Anderson |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, February 9, 1999 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, April 6, 1999 |
| Committee | Committee Affairs |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - This would impose a 6 month wait for students to begin attendance at the university. |
| Whereas | Hepatitis B incidents have stopped declining and has risen now since 1993. Of 70,000 symptomatic infections per year, 8,400 to 19,000 require hospitalizations per year and 140 to 320 deaths per year result in the United States; and |
| Whereas | Interviews with UTA staff indicate immunization for Hep B is a requirement at other UT campuses. The website at Austin does not list it; and |
| Whereas | At UTA, all School of Nursing students and a few other students working in research are required to have immunization for Hep B. It is not required for other students; and |
| Whereas | Hep B vaccine has been available since 1982. It is considered safe and is recommended by the CDC; and |
| Whereas | The UTA student population has not been immunized for Hep B as they came through primary school before it was begun to be required. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | All students entering UTA be required to be immunized for Hepatitis B before being admitted. |
| Downloadable File | Download 99-26ImmunizationsImprovement_1627938721.pdf |