There is no office visit charge when seeing a provider at our health center for all full-time undergraduate students who have paid their student activities fee. Should you require a prescription or medical procedure during your visit, there may be a nominal charge. This fee is applied directly to your student account on the day of your visit.
Our health clinic is staffed with a full-time nurse practitioner in collaboration with our medical director who is onsite every Thursday morning. We are also staffed with a full-time clinical director and registered nurses as well as a health educator.
Our medical director is onsite every Thursday morning to host our Allergy Shot Clinic. Students interested in receiving allergy shots should call Health Services at 716.286.8390 or go to our webpage at www.niagara.edu/healthcenter to receive more information and obtain necessary paperwork to be filled out by your allergist. Appointments are available one month in advance to accommodate students' class schedules.
Appointments may be scheduled online through your myNU account. Routine appointments may be scheduled up to two weeks in advance and allergy shots up to four weeks in advance. We do offer same day appointments for students feeling ill. Walk in appointments will be triaged by the nurse and clinic policy followed regarding scheduling appointments. Medical emergencies are always handled as such.
Medical excuses from classes are provided only when absolutely warranted based on the severity of illness as determined by our medical staff. Medical excuses are not provided to students who have missed classes without being seen at Health Services. Students should not schedule appointments during class time. Students who are kept out of classes by their own PCP are responsible for forwarding a medical excuse from their PCP to all of their faculty members and to the Student Health Clinic.
Health insurance coverage is not needed to be seen at Health Services. We do not bill third party insurances for services received in the clinic.
When seen at Health Services for an appointment, students may choose to receive their medications directly from us "at cost." An invoice for services rendered is available upon request for those wishing to submit to their health insurance company for reimbursemenet. A student may also request a written prescription for medications to have filled at a local pharmacy of their choice.
No, we are not a dispensing pharmacy.
All labs ordered by our providers in Health Services will be done in the clinic, sent to Quest Labs and be billed to the student's health insurance. Our staff will assist students who request lab draws from their personal physician if the correct median is available. Labs ordered by an outside provider will not be reviewed by our clinic staff; they will be sent directly to the ordering doctor by Quest Labs.
The staff at Health Services will assist your student in making arrangements to obtain in/out-of-network referrals when needed. For all non-urgent referrals, our staff will typically give treatment options to the student and encourage them to discuss these with their parents before choosing a treatment plan.
Please visit our homepage at www.niagara.edu/healthcenter for a list of afterhours care facilities.
Our hours are 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday to Friday during the academic year. Summer hours are 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Monday through Thursday and 8:30 AM - 12 Noon Friday. The Health Clinic is closed for all official university holidays, breaks and snow days.
The following information is required to be turned into Health Services one month prior to the start of classes.
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