To promote a safe and healthy community, GCU requires you to receive the following vaccines prior to living on campus. It is your responsibility to verify that appropriate documentation has been submitted.

Required Vaccines or Exemptions to Live on Campus

• Two measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunizations
  • First dose must be on or after first birthday
  • Second dose must be at least four weeks after first dose
• One Meningococcal A vaccine
  • MCV4 or MenACWY (Menveo, Menactra)
    • Effective Nov. 1, 2017
    • Last dose must be within the past five years

Student may waive any of the three immunizations and live on campus by completing the Vaccine Exemption Waiver Form. Please ensure you read the form completely prior to signing. Immunization information can be uploaded via your Student Checklist.

GCU brokers student health insurance for all students who are required to provide proof of coverage. This currently includes:

• Nursing students in the clinical component of their program
• Athletes participating in university-sponsored sports (Division I athletes, club sports athletes)
• Pep band
• Engineering students

All international students are automatically enrolled in the GCU student health insurance program.

Out-of-State Students

Check with your insurance plan to find out if you have medical and dental coverage in Arizona. If you would like to sign up for the GCU student health insurance plan, you can find out more information by visiting: uhcsr.com/gcu

This notice is being provided to you in compliance with the underlying policies outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). GCU student medical records are subject to requirements of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) rather than HIPAA, as FERPA carves out an exemption for all student Records. However, in order to ensure that GCU utilizes up-to-date privacy and security protocols, we have instituted the following practices.

This notice describes how "medical/personal health information" (PHI) about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

GCU understands the importance of your PHI and follows strict policies to keep your PHI private. Therefore, GCU is providing you this notice that describes its privacy practices concerning your PHI/medical record. Your PHI means any of your written and verbal health information, including demographic data that can be used to identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health condition. In general, when we release your PHI, we will release only the information needed to achieve the purpose of the use or disclosure. Your PHI will be available for release to you, to a provider regarding your treatment or due to a legal requirement.

GCU reserves the right to change the privacy practices described in this notice. Changes to our privacy practices would apply to all health information we maintain. If we change our privacy practices, a revised notice will be available upon request.