Beginning Jan. 26, Georgia Perimeter’s Student Health Services will become the clearinghouse for all student immunization records. Students will still be able to upload their immunization records online, but instead of doing so through the GPC Admissions site, they will be directed online to the Student Health Services secure site. The change will help keep up with student immunization compliance and keep all records in one place, says Patrice Smith, immunization coordinator for the  GPC Student Health Services. 

Students are required to have up-to-date vaccination records if they were born after 1956. The vaccines are for MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella), Varicella (Chickenpox) and Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis).  Students 18 years old and under are required to have  the Hepatitis B series of immunizations.  Students born before 1980 do not have to have proof of a varicella shot, but titers are available at the student health clinic, which can indicate whether you had chickenpox as a child, says Smith.

Students can receive immunizations at the Student Health Centers at both Clarkston and Dunwoody campuses or at the mobile health clinic. Immunization fees vary, but student health services visits are free. 

Contact Smith at 678-891-3866 or visit the immunization website for more information on submitting, updating or receiving necessary immunizations.