Vaccine Information

Yes – Beginning in Fall 2021, all students, faculty, staff, and contractors learning, working, or living on University property, including participating in off-campus professional program clinicals, practicums, and internships, were required to be fully vaccinated (i.e. receive a primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine – 2-dose series of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna); or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine (Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine)). Individuals that were 100% remote were exempt from the University’s vaccine requirement.

Beginning on January 31, 2022, NDMU is requiring all eligible students, faculty, staff, and contractors who will be learning, working, or living on University property, including participating in off-campus professional program clinicals, practicums, and internships, to receive a COVID-19 booster shot. Individuals that are 100% remote will remain exempt from the University’s vaccine requirement.

Exceptions will be granted only for documented medical and religious reasons. A Request for exemption should be submitted to the University by January 21, 2022.

Up to date eligibility information regarding boosters is available via the CDC. The University is following the CDC’s recommendations.

As of January 11, 2022, individuals are eligible for a booster at least 5 months (Pfizer & Moderna) after completing their primary COVID-19 vaccination series; or at least two months after receiving a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine. The CDC recommends individuals who received J&J vaccine to receive a Pfizer or Moderna booster as opposed to J&J.

Individuals who have completed their COVID-19 primary vaccine series and recently tested positive for COVID-19 may delay their booster by up to 90 days from date of positive test.

Yes – If you are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot or wish to delay getting boosted as you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days, please fill out the following form and upload it to Self-Service in the place of your COVID-19 booster shot documentation. Upon review, your documentation will be marked as “Incomplete” until such a time that you are eligible for a booster shot at which time you will need to upload your booster documentation within two weeks of becoming eligible.

Yes. However, those who are not yet eligible for a booster as of January 31, 2022 will be required to receive a booster as soon as they become eligible. Individuals will have two weeks after they become eligible to get the booster and upload their documentation via Self-Service.

Your COVID-19 vaccination card or request for exemption (DOC) should be submitted via Self-Service. View instructions (PDF) for uploading your documentation.

You may also email COVID_Vaccine@ndm.edu for assistance.

After you upload your vaccination document or exemption request in Self-Service, Self-Service will display “Pending Review.” After staff reviews your information, your status will change to “Received” if vaccination documentation is approved; “Waived” if exemption request is approved; or “Unable to Process” if documentation was not sufficient or appropriate to grant an approval. If status is labeled as “Unable to Process,” a member of the COVID-19 team will follow up with you to clarify needed documentation.

Individuals applying for an exemption from COVID-19 vaccination will receive an official approval/denial email communication from the COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Review Committee (covid_vaccine@ndm.edu).

NDMU will accept vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Please only report after you are fully vaccinated.

For international students who do not have access to a vaccine, you will be required to receive an FDA approved vaccine when you arrive in the United States. Please keep in mind that we cannot predict or control international and national travel/vaccinations policies. We may require that unvaccinated students quarantine or test more frequently until they are fully vaccinated.

Beginning in the spring, individuals that are fully vaccinated and boosted will generally not be required to submit a COVID-19 pre-arrival test or participate in random surveillance testing. However, individuals that are unvaccinated with an approved exemption or live in the resident hall will be required to submit a pre-arrival test and participate in weekly random surveillance testing. Please visit the University’s Testing, Quarantine, and Isolation page for specific information.

The vaccine mandate applies to all NDMU campuses, including Southern MD, Elkridge, etc. as well as undergraduate and graduate students participating in required professional program clinicals, practicums, and internships.