Vaccine

Vaccine Information

A federal court has temporarily blocked the enforcement of the federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal subcontractors. This means that as long as the court’s decision is in place, university employees are not required to become vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022, and are also not required to seek exemptions to the rule, except as described below.

Vaccination requirements are limited to the following groups of OU community members:

• Students, faculty, and staff who have patient-facing responsibilities and volunteers who shadow or observe in patient care settings.
• All those who elect to participate in study abroad programs.
  • All eligible individuals participating in study abroad programs are required to receive a COVID-19 booster dose before departing for their study abroad destination.
• OUHSC employees must continue to comply with the vaccine requirements found here, which were in place before the federal executive order. Many OUHSC employees may also need to comply with additional vaccination requirements at other health care facilities where they practice or rotate, including OU Health facilities and programs.

Employees are still encouraged to complete the online vaccine verification form as they become vaccinated: hr.ou.edu/News/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information

COVID Admin Leave was made available to facilitate compliance with the federal vaccine requirement. Now that the requirement is suspended, COVID Admin Leave is also suspended and no longer available, starting Dec. 9.

Exemptions and Accommodations: Employees are no longer required to request a new exemption or comply with the accommodations that exempted them from COVID-19 vaccination except in patient-facing environments, study abroad programs, and in compliance with the existing OUHSC vaccination requirement found here.

All Oklahomans age 5 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.   

International and non-resident students, faculty, and staff who have permanent out-of-state or international addresses are also eligible to register through the OSDH portal using their current local address. International and non-resident students are eligible to receive the vaccine in Oklahoma.

Booster doses for eligible populations are available on all three OU campuses, area pharmacies, and health clinics. CDC Guidance on Booster Doses.

COVID-19 vaccines are readily available at area pharmacies and health clinics. To find a location near you, visit vaccines.gov/search.

To view your immunization records through the Oklahoma State Immunization Information System, click here.

The information must be an exact match to what is in OSIIS. Please use the cell phone number that is attached to the record or email address. If the email address isn’t listed on the record, the system will not return a record. For assistance, email OSIISHELP@health.ok.gov.