Steps to Complete the Immunization Requirements – For Students Who Received Vaccines in U.S. states outside of Georgia
Important: If you are under 18 years old, steps 3-7 will not be available to you until you are 18. If you will be 18 prior to the start of your first semester at Georgia Tech, you may wait to complete these steps when you are 18 or you may submit your immunization records using our paper-based process found here to finish the process at an earlier date. If you will not be 18 until after the start of your first semester at Georgia Tech, you must complete our paper-based process found here.
Please read all of the instructions below thoroughly.
Our medical records system enables you to electronically request your immunization records from the immunization registries of the states in which you received vaccines. Please follow the steps below to ensure your immunization requirements are complete.
1. Please log in to our Patient Portal.
2. Click on the Immunizations page of the Portal.
3. Click on the ‘Electronically Request My Immunization Records’ button on the portal.
4. Please enter your most recent address in each state where you received vaccines. Click Add Residency after each address. This service is not available for AK, AR, HI, NH, ME, VT, and DC at this time. Please use our paper process here to submit vaccines received in these states/district.
5. Please accept the consent for us to retrieve your records.
6. After you have entered the most recent address for each state in which you have received vaccines, click Finish & Submit.
7. Please allow 24 hours for the data to be retrieved from the other state immunization registires. After this time, please return to the Patient Portal and continue with the steps below.
8. Click on the Immunizations page of the Portal.
9. Click on the ‘View Immunization Records on File’ button.
10. On the bottom right of the screen, you will see a list of the immunization requirements. The items with a check mark are complete and the items with an X are incomplete (example below). This will update on the portal as the immunization records are loaded from the state registries.
11. Depending on the items that are incomplete, you will need to take some additional steps.
A. Everyone will be incomplete for their Tuberculosis requirement initially. Please see this page for instructions on how to complete the Tuberculosis requirement.
B. If your state immunization registry did not return vaccines that you know you had previously, they are likely not on file with your state registry. Please have your healthcare provider complete our Immunization Forms to document the vaccines that were received. Once the forms are completed, please upload them on our Patient Portal on the Upload page.
C. If you are missing other requirements and you have not received those vaccines previously, please have your healthcare provider administer the appropriate vaccines (or if you previously had one of these diseases, a blood test to check for immunity). Your healthcare provider must complete our Immunization Forms to document the vaccines that were received. Once the forms are completed, please upload them on our Patient Portal on the Upload page and enter your immunization dates on the Immunizations page.
D. If you are under 18 years old and would like to receive healthcare services at Stamps Health Services prior to turning 18, please have your parent or guardian complete the Medical Entrance Form (page 3 of the Immunization Forms). Please upload the Medical Entrance Form on our Patient Portal if you choose to complete it.
If you need any assistance, please contact us at immunizations@health.gatech.edu.