Student Health Requirements

• The Medical Report Form must be submitted to Health Services prior to attending classes. Completion of these health requirements allows our medical staff to provide you with the best medical care and authorizes our medical staff to treat you. 

• The Medical Report Form will be completed in the Health Services Portal.

• If you are a minor (under the age of 18), you and your parent/legal guardian will need to complete the Authorization for Treatment - Minors. Once completed, you will upload the form to the Medical Report Form in the Health Services Portal.

• Students must provide written, physician-certified documentation or show evidence of immunity by doing a blood test to check for antibodies through a blood titer test for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.  

• International students must submit an English translation of their immunization documentation or it will not be accepted. 

 Major Indications

• All college students born after 1956. 

• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR): two doses are required for entry into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. (1) The first dose must have been received at 12 months of age or later. (2) The second dose must have been received at least 28 days after the first dose, as per CDC guidelines. 

OR

• Measles (Rubeola): two doses required. (1) The first dose must have been received at 12 months of age. (2) the second dose must have been received at least 30 days after the first dose.  
• Mumps: two doses required. (1) The first dose must have been received at 12 months of age. (2) The second dose must have been received at least 30 days after the first dose.   
• Rubella (German Measles): one dose is required at 12 months of age. 

OR 

Alternatively, you may take a blood titer test that will indicate your immunities to Measles, Mumps, Rubella. 

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University strongly encourages all students to be immunized against Hepatitis B and Meningococcal Meningitis. Please visit www.hepb.org to learn about Hepatitis B and its effects and www.the16vaccine.org to learn about Meningococcal Meningitis and its effects.
• Students must provide written, physician-certified documentation for Hepatitis B and Meningococcal Meningitis or submit a waiver to decline those immunizations.
• International students must submit an English translation of their immunization documentation or it will not be accepted.
• The Immunization Waiver Form will be completed in the Health Services Portal .
• If you are a minor (under the age of 18), you and your parent/legal guardian will need to complete a waiver. Once completed, you will upload the waiver into the Immunization Waiver Form in the Health Services Portal .

Prospective Flight and Air Traffic Control students should be aware that certain sensory impairments, medical, neurobiological, and psychological conditions, and prescription medications might delay or preclude FAA medical certification. Students should discuss these issues with an aviation medical examiner to ensure they are eligible to participate in instruction.

Students may also contact the Health Services staff for information regarding eligibility for certification. FAA medical examiners can be located through Flight Physical or AME Locator.  

For more information about Health Services, visit the department’s page on ERAU Campus Groups.