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photo of health career studentsRequirements for Health Career Students

Education and Health Promotion: Health Services oversees clinical rotation clearance of students in Health Career programs in accordance with New York State requirements. This clearance is required for the protection of patients at the clinical site and for the student’s protection from both infectious diseases and physical injury.

Health Career Student Health Requirements
Each of the programs below, with the exception of Health Information, are required to complete a Student Checklist Evaluation of Technical Standards that is designed to identify students who may be at risk of injury due to the demands of the program. The following programs are required to have all health documentation completed and cleared by Health Services before clinical rotations can begin:

These requirements are the same for all Health Career programs:

  • Physical exam by your Primary Care Physician (PCP) or a licensed clinic providing physical exam services. Physical exam must be submitted on the MCC Health Services Dept. Health History and Physical Form. (If you do not have a PCP, see below for resources.
  • PPD (Tuberculin skin test) within one year of the start of your program.
  • Tetanus booster within 10 years.
  • Verification of Hepatitis B immunization series, positive Hepatitis B titer, or signed Declination of Hepatitis B vaccination.
  • Verification of MMR vaccination or positive titers proving immunity.
  • Verification of Meningitis vaccination or declination.

In order to maintain their clinical placement, Health Career students entering their second clinical year are required to:

If you do not have a Primary Care Physician (PCP) to complete your Physical Exam, there are several clinics in the Rochester Area that can assist you.


Confidentiality :Your medical care and counseling at Monroe Community College Health Services are confidential. Health care records are kept separately from academic records. We do not release information outside of Monroe Community College without your written permission, except upon a court order, as required by law (as in the case of certain communicable diseases and reports of child abuse), or as required, in our judgment, to protect you or others from immediate physical danger.

 

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Questions on Health Services? email healthsvc@monroecc.edu


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