The Student Health Portal contains all required health forms. To access it, sign in with the same username and password as your University network account.
Please see our Required Health Information Page.
Religious or medical exemption forms are found on the front page of the Student Health Portal.
Full-time undergraduate students are subject to a fine of $200 each semester if the required forms still need to be completed.
You can print copies of your immunization records from the Student Health Portal.
Kroger Pharmacy (434.384.3666) and Genoa Health Pharmacy (434-338-7764) deliver medications to campus. These local pharmacies provide prescription billing and file with insurance companies when required information is provided. You must have a form of payment to pay over the phone. Your existing prescriptions might be transferable from your current pharmacy. Please call Kroger or Genoa Healthcare for more details. Other pharmacies are also available to students but do not provide on-campus delivery.
Yes, you are responsible for keeping your medications; however, we suggest a lock box to keep medications secure.
You can check with your current pharmacy to see if they have a location in Lynchburg. However, if you need transportation, your existing prescriptions might be transferable from your current pharmacy to Kroger Pharmacy (434.384.3666) or Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (434-338-7764), which delivers to campus. Please call them to complete the transfer. If you need a new birth control prescription, you can make an appointment to see one of the Nurse Practitioners in Health Services.
If you are feeling ill, HornetCare Health Services can take appointments on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed from 12 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.). Most sick appointments can be made on the same day. You can schedule an appointment through the Student Health Portal, call 434.544.8616, or come to health services with immediate concerns.
For non-emergent illnesses, we encourage students to keep some of the following self-care items in their rooms:
If self-care does not improve symptoms until the HornetCare Health Center reopens, several community options are available.
For an emergency:
University of Lynchburg Emergency Medical Services
Several walk-in care clinics can see ill students. Please click below for Additional information regarding emergency and after-hours care.
There is no cost to be seen in the Health Center. However, lab work, medications, and select services may incur charges, which will be applied to your student account.
Yes, we have Nurse Practitioners on staff who are licensed to prescribe medications when medically needed.
We do not file with insurance. However, all students are expected to have health insurance. Students should have a current insurance card (including a prescription card) available for emergency or other off-campus medical care. As a courtesy, Health Services can send insurance information to LabCorp when lab work is needed. LabCorp will file with the insurance company.
If you need a ride to an appointment, please call or come to HornetCare during our office hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., and we will help arrange transportation. These arrangements must be made 24 hours before the appointment.
No, the Health Center does not give immunizations. Please call HornetCare at 434.544.8616 for more information on where you can receive immunizations.
Yes, we can administer allergy shots at HornetCare. We will need specific medical orders and the serum from your physician, who will also need to complete our Allergy Immunotherapy Order Form. Please make an appointment with one of our Nurse practitioners before your first injection is due to review and sign our allergy immunotherapy policy. Each allergy injection is $5, and this fee will be charged to your student account.
HornetCare does not provide medical excuses for class absences or tardiness daily. However, with the student’s written permission, at the end of the semester, HornetCare will notify instructors that a health professional at Health Services saw the student.
HornetCare will take signed requests by students during the last week of classes every semester. Upon the student’s written request, the information will be sent to the designated instructor(s), including all dates the student was seen in Health Services for the current semester.
Due to Federal and Privacy Regulations, we cannot grant blanket consent for student medical records or visits. However, with written permission from the student, HornetCare Health Services staff can speak with a parent regarding a specific visit to the clinic.
If you exhibit flu or flu-like symptoms – cough, sore throat, fever – please stay home (commuter students, faculty, and staff) or self-isolate (residential students) in your residence hall room. Also, it is best to avoid crowded indoor spaces and events. Students missing class because of the flu will not be penalized in any way.
Get a flu shot if you have not received one already. The CDC is still recommending the flu shot if you have not yet received one this flu season.
The flu is an illness caused by flu viruses. The flu may make people cough and have a sore throat and fever. They may also have a runny or stuffy nose, feel tired, have body aches, or show other signs they are not well. The flu happens every year and is more common in the fall and winter.
People who have the flu can spread the virus by coughing or sneezing. Droplets released when a sick person coughs, sneezes, or talks can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. The droplets can also be inhaled into the lungs. People may also catch the flu by touching their mouth or nose after touching something with the virus on it, such as doorknobs, tables, or an infected person’s dirty hand.
Most people may be able to spread the flu from 1 day before showing symptoms to 5 to 7 days after symptoms begin.
Yes. Prescription medicines called antiviral drugs can treat the flu. Most people who get sick get better without the need for these medicines. But, if you need help getting well, your doctor may decide to give you antiviral drugs.
For additional information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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