COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

Vaccination continues to be required for Spring 2023 on-campus classes and any student coming to campus to access services. The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted as of May 23, 2023 for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more. 

On-campus learning and services are available to all students and potential students that are fully vaccinated.

Student Vaccine Policy FAQ

As of December 5, 2022

If you register for courses with any on-campus or hybrid component or if you plan on coming to campus, including to access the library, computer lab, athletic facilities, or other in-person student services – you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit written proof of official record of full vaccination status. View the policy from the Massachusetts Community College System.

*The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more. 

The community colleges are following the CDC’s definition of full vaccination status, which currently provides that “[i]n general, people are considered fully vaccinated:

  • 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
  • 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.
  • Novovax

If the CDC changes its definition at any time, the revised definition will be applicable.

Please pay close attention to the type of vaccine that you receive and its timing schedule to ensure you are fully vaccinated in time to attend classes if you seek to enroll in face-to-face and/or hybrid courses or to access campus for any reason.

This guidance can also be applied to COVID-19 vaccines listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization (such as AstraZeneca/Oxford). More information is available at Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC

If you register for courses with any on-campus component or if you plan on coming to campus, including to access the library, computer lab, athletic facilities, or other in-person student services – you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit written proof of official record of full vaccination status.

*The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more. 

If you register for courses that meet only online and will not be coming to campus for any in-person activities, including access to the library, computer lab, athletic facilities, student employment, or other in-person student services, you do not need to provide documentation of your vaccination status, unless it is required by your program or activity (ex. athletics, healthcare program, clinical placement, student employees).

If you would like to come to campus after the start of the semester to access college services and facilities, you will be required to submit vaccination documentation before coming to campus.

*The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more. 

BHCC Students should submit their documentation of COVID-19 vaccination through the online COVID-19 Vaccination Form (https://bhcccentral.etrieve.cloud/#/form/118). Acceptable documentation includes an image of your vaccination card or a print out of a medical record showing the dates and type of vaccine you received. Please be sure that the attached image of your documentation is clear and shows your name, as well as your vaccination information. Please watch our video tutorial for instructions or contact Student Central for help at studentcentral@bhcc.edu.

Your documentation will be reviewed within two business days of being submitted. When your information has been reviewed and approved, you will see the COVID-19 Immunization Form appear with a status of received in your BHCC Next Steps Checklist. If you submit a card showing documentation of only your first shot of a two-shot series (ex.Pfizer or Moderna vaccine), your COVID-19 Form will be marked “Incomplete” until updated documentation showing both shots is received.

Please note that the attestation of vaccination status will not be accepted as written proof of an official record of full vaccination status.

Vaccination records will be treated in the same confidential manner as other student records.

Yes, you are required to follow the BHCC COVID-19 vaccine requirement and submit full proof of vaccination to the College.

*The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more. 

Students who are unvaccinated may take courses with no on-campus component and access services remotely. Students may also request a reasonable accommodation where the College will engage in an interactive process to determine if the student is eligible for a reasonable accommodation, and if so, whether the requested accommodation is reasonable and does not create an undue hardship to the College or direct threat to the health or safety of others in the learning and working environment, if applicable.

In the event a reasonable accommodation is approved, students may be subject to additional health and safety protocols and/or be excluded from campus and/or college activities including but not limited to travel for the protection of health or safety, as determined by the College in consideration of local, state, and/or or federal laws and public health guidance and/or mandates.

Reasonable accommodation requests should be submitted through the online Reasonable Accommodation Request Form. Please be sure to upload any supporting documentation to the Request for Reasonable Accommodation form.

Please note that the process to determine reasonable accommodations is estimated to take a minimum of ten (10) business days following the receipt of satisfactory documentation supporting the student’s eligibility for reasonable accommodation. Requests for reasonable accommodation, including requests for a medical or religious exemption, will be considered consistent with applicable laws, legal guidance, and College policy.

If you are in this situation, please email Advising at advising@bhcc.edu for help in determining your best path forward. There may be an alternative program that will work for you.

Yes. According to the CDC, you are not considered fully vaccinated if you have had COVID but have not been vaccinated.

*The COVID-19 restrictions for on campus courses will be lifted for summer and fall 2023 enrollment. Learn more.