Health Services
About Us
Any student actively enrolled in classes for the current term is eligible to be seen at HornetCare for health and counseling services. Additionally, students approved to and are residing on campus during a scheduled break may seek services.
HornetCare’s operational hours may vary and be limited during break periods. Our health and counseling services are closed and unavailable when the University is closed.
Students who request medical care through HornetCare must complete basic demographic information, medical history, tuberculosis screening, and the Policy and Consent to Treat form.
These forms are found on the Student Health Portal. Use the same username and password as your University network account.
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Available Medical Services
- Allergy or other injections
- Diet and nutrition referral for onsite consultation and counseling
- Evaluation and treatment of most medical conditions (chronic and acute)
- Gender-affirming care
- Gynecologic and contraceptive services
- STI testing
- Lab testing through LabCorp
- Sexual health concerns
- Mental health and medication consultations
- Point of care lab testing on-site
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
- Referrals to specialty healthcare providers
Registered Nurses Are Available For:
- Allergy or other injections
- STD testing
- TB testing
- Sick appointments
Nurse Practitioners Are Available For:
- Mental health
- Gynecological health and contraception
- Sexual health concerns
- Asthma and allergy
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Rashes
- Other urgent care needs
Physicians Are Available For:
Available on a limited schedule. Please call 434.544.8616 for more information.
Cost
Routine visits to health services are provided free of charge. Charges for medications, lab tests, and special examinations (e.g., women’s health exams and sports physicals) will be billed to the student’s tuition account.
Health Insurance
Kroger Pharmacy (434.384.3666) and Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (434-338-7764) deliver prescriptions to campus. These local pharmacies provide prescription billing and file with insurance companies when required information is provided. Other pharmacies are also available to students but do not provide on-campus delivery. You must have a way to pay for the prescription over the phone for delivery services.
Prescriptions
All students are expected to have health insurance. International Students are required to have health insurance. Students should have a current insurance card (including a prescription card) available for emergency or other off-campus medical care.
If you need health insurance, we recommend using HealthCare.gov’s marketplace to find a policy that meets your needs.
Required Health Information
All undergraduate students and, health and medical sciences graduate students (MPAM, DPT, and MSAT) are required to submit health forms and immunization records.
Students must provide an official immunization record signed or stamped by a healthcare professional. Immunization dates must include month, day, and year.
Please go into the Student Health Portal, under the My Forms tab, complete all the forms, and upload your official immunization document to the Immunization Form. Students can access the health portal using the same username and password as their University network account.
You will be notified about any incomplete requirements via a secure message on your student health portal.
Full-time undergraduate students are subject to a fine of $200 for incomplete immunization records.
Undergraduate Immunization Requirements
Required Immunizations
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine: Tdap or Td within the last 10 years
- Hepatitis B Vaccine: Three doses or positive titers
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella: Two doses or positive titers
- Meningococcal Vaccine (types ACYW): One dose after 16th birthday
- Polio (IPV or OPV): four doses with one being after the fourth birthday
Strongly Recommended but not Required Immunizations
- COVID-19: per current CDC recommendations
- HPV: Quadrivalent or bivalent
- Hepatitis A: 2 doses
- Meningococcal B Vaccine
- Varicella Vaccine: Two doses one month apart for adults with no history of disease) or positive titers.
International Immunization Requirements
Please print this Immunization Form (PDF) and take it to your doctor to be completed and signed. We recommend getting the required immunizations in your home country as they can be expensive in the United States. Go to your Student Health Portal to your “My Forms” page and complete your forms.
Required Immunizations
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine: Tdap or Td within the last 10 years.
- Hepatitis B Vaccine: Three doses or positive titers (titers only if vaccine records are not available).
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella: Two doses or positive titers (titers only if vaccine records are not available).
- Meningococcal Vaccine (types ACYW): One dose after 16th birthday
- Polio (IPV or OPV): four doses with one being after the fourth birthday
- If you live in a country with a high incidence of tuberculosis, which includes all countries except the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Northern Europe, and Western Europe, you must provide proof (within 6 months before arrival on campus) that you are free of tuberculosis. You can download this Tuberculosis Testing Form (PDF), have it completed by your doctor, and then upload it to your student health portal after it’s done.
Strongly Recommended but not Required Immunizations
- COVID-19: per current CDC recommendations
- HPV: Quadrivalent or bivalent
- Hepatitis A: 2 doses
- Meningococcal B Vaccine
- Varicella Vaccine: Two doses one month apart for adults with no history of disease) or positive titers.
Graduate Health and Medical Sciences Immunization Requirements
Required Immunizations
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine: Tdap or Td within the last 10 years
- Hepatitis B Vaccine: Three doses or positive titers
- MMR Vaccine: Twp doses, one month apart, the first dose after the first birthday or positive titers
- Varicella Vaccine: Two doses one month apart for adults with no history of disease or positive titers.
- A 2-step PPD (Tuberculosis Testing): within six months of matriculation is required, but can be placed on campus with your program during orientation or at Health Services.
Strongly Recommended but not Required Immunizations
- COVID-19: per current CDC recommendations
- HPV: Quadrivalent or bivalent
- Hepatitis A: Two doses
- Meningococcal B Vaccine
- Meningococcal Vaccine (types ACYW)
- Poliomyelitis (OPV or IPV): date of series completion
A physical examination is not required.
Students may submit requests for medical (PDF) or religious (PDF) exemptions for required vaccinations. Exemption forms must be uploaded to the student’s medical record through the Student Health Portal.
References for Health Requirements
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