Health Services

* An on-call physician is available at this number during off-hour periods.

Health Services offers confidential medical care, including emergency first aid, mental health, birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, travel health and immunizations, sports medicine, psychiatric services and wellness information. Services are offered to all registered visiting students. Students must have a valid Provincial Health Care Card or international health care coverage.

British Columbia Residents

British Columbia students must have current enrolment in the BC Medical Services Plan. A valid medical insurance identification number (BC Care Card) to be provided when they visit Health Services.

Residents of Other Provinces

Students from other provinces should continue their provincial medical coverage and provide their medical insurance identification number when they visit Health Services. All Canadian provincial plans and those of the Yukon and Northwest Territories are acceptable to Health Services but may not be acceptable to private physician’s offices, clinics, hospitals, or laboratories. Students from Quebec can opt out of their insurance plan and apply to BC Medical Services Plan, or they can pay for services at the time of their visit then seek reimbursement from their Quebec plan.

Non-residents of Canada

Students will be billed directly at time of visit to see a physician. Reimbursement from their private medical plan can be done with receipt provided. Students who are not residents of Canada must arrange for interim medical insurance* coverage prior to their arrival in BC. Interim medical insurance provides coverage for three months until the student is eligible to enrol in the BC Medical Services Plan. Once eligible, students must continue their enrolment in the BC Medical Services Plan for the duration of their stay in Canada. The enrolment process for the BC Medical Services Plan can be started on arrival to BC as the process does take approximately three months.

Application forms for interim medical insurance can be found at <www.aon.ca>. For application to the BC Medical Services Plan go to <www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/msp>.

*Interim medical insurance is not the same as the extended medical coverage offered by the UVSS. Extended medical coverage is in addition to basic coverage offered by interim medical insurance or the BC Medical Services Plan.

Physiotherapy Clinic

The Physiotherapy Clinic is available to students, staff, faculty and friends. Treatment is available by appointment. Referrals are not required for treatment, but may be required by extended health care plans for reimbursement of visit charges. Physiotherapy treatments have a user fee payable at each visit. Students with out-of-province medical coverage are responsible for payment of each visit; a receipt will be issued for reimbursement. ICBC and WCB claimants are welcome.

Academic Concessions Due to Illness

Academic Concession for work that will be completed before course grades are submitted by the instructor.

Notes for missed classes, late assignments, missed labs and missed quizzes are normally provided by Health Services only when required of students by their instructors.

Academic Concession for work that will be completed after course grades are submitted by the instructor.

A formal Request for Academic Concession (RAC) form may be completed in support of:

• a Deferral of a final examination, test or other course work;
• an Extended Deferral of this work;
• an Aegrotat (AEG) notation added to a course grade (see “Grading”);
• a Drop of courses without academic penalty after the published Last Day for Withdrawing.

The completed RAC must then be submitted to Undergraduate Records, which will forward it to the appropriate office or individual for assessment. See Academic Concessions.

Illness During Examinations

For information on the academic regulations governing illness at the time of examination, see Academic Concessions.