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(1) Except for community and technical colleges, each degree-granting public or private postsecondary residential campus that provides on-campus or group housing shall provide information on meningococcal disease to each enrolled matriculated first-time student. Community and technical colleges must provide the information only to those students who are offered on-campus or group housing. The information about meningococcal disease shall include:

     (a) Symptoms, risks, especially as the risks relate to circumstances of group living arrangements, and treatment; and

     (b) Current recommendations from the United States centers for disease control and prevention regarding the receipt of vaccines for meningococcal disease and where the vaccination can be received.

     (2) This section shall not be construed to require the department of health or the postsecondary educational institution to provide the vaccination to students.

     (3) The department of health shall be consulted regarding the preparation of the information materials provided to the first-time students.

     (4) If institutions provide electronic enrollment or registration to first-time students, the information required by this section shall be provided electronically and acknowledged by the student before completion of electronic enrollment or registration.

     (5) This section does not create a private right of action.

[2003 c 398 § 1.]

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