UPDATE: If you are officially accepted to the program, you will be required to be fully vaccinated OR have a medical or religious exemption. If you choose to not receive the vaccination, you are advised that not all local hospitals will accept religious or medical exemptions from students (e.g. Adventist, BFMC, and BHH). We fully expect the rest to follow suit soon. Should this happen and you are assigned to a clinical facility that does not accept an exemption, and you are not vaccinated; you will not be able to attend clinical. Therefore, you risk not meeting course objectives and progression in the program.
• If you are assigned to a facility that permits the exemption, at a minimum, you will be required to test two times per week (either PCR or antigen) for COVID-19, within 48-72 hours of any clinical experience. Bakersfield College’s Student Health and Wellness Center has vaccines available to students at no cost and is offering testing services. Appointments are required. Students can log on to the Bakersfield College website at https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/studenthealth/clinic to schedule appointments. If students choose to test at another lab they will be responsible for all testing fees.
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