Incoming Student Health Clearance Requirements

WesternU has partnered with CastleBranch to provide you a secure account to manage your school and clinical health clearance requirements.

All 2024 Incoming students must sign up and submit their completed Health Clearance packet to CastleBranch before they can register for classes.

STEP 1: Review & complete all required health clearance items in the WesternU Student Health Packet:

Incoming Student Health Packet 2024

Prior to signing up for CastleBranch, you should review the current health clearance requirements in the WesternU Student Health Packet (linked above) and gather all necessary documents. Please follow the Health Clearance “To Do” List for next steps:

• Form A. Student Information: to be completed, signed, and dated by student
• Form B. Health Clearance by Healthcare Provider: to be completed by DO/MD/PA/NP only
• Have your Healthcare Provider Order the following titers:
  • Hepatitis B (HbsAb, QN) [Only a QUANTITATIVE result will be accepted for this titer]
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) titers
  • Varicella IgG AB titer
• Form C. Tuberculosis (TB) Clearance
• TB Symptoms Checklist form
• Tdap Vaccine
• All immunization/vaccination records
• Rabies vaccination for Veterinary Medicine students only
• Annual Health Requirements Attestation
• Authorization for Release of Communicable Disease
• Authorization for Release of Student Health Clearance

You MUST upload these items to CastleBranch once you have created your account.

STEP 2: Register for CastleBranch

CastleBranch Overview for Students (WesternU)

Registration Link for CastleBranch

Important:

• You MUST use your WesternU email when registering.
• Your student ID (without the “@” symbol) is your PIN number, you must also input any zeroes at the beginning.
  • Example: Student ID @00123456
  • PIN number: 00123456

All requirements and supporting compliance documents are to be submitted to and held by our compliance vendor, CastleBranch. Students must register for their CastleBranch account. After you complete the order process and create your account, you can log in to your account to complete your requirements, respond to alerts, view your approval status, and access all of your immunization requirements that you have submitted.

Questions regarding initial set-up and subsequent issues must be directed to a CastleBranch Representative at 888-723-4263.

Students must supply their own copy and keep the original documentation for their records. The Student-Employee Health Office (SEHO) will NOT copy immunizations or re-furnish immunization documentation to students for their own records, for CastleBranch, or for third parties (e.g., employers). This documentation is collected for the sole purpose of monitoring immunization compliance in accordance with hospital, clinical sites, and public health requirements.