Policy No. 370
Academic Policies and Procedures for the Undergraduate and Graduate Program
Download PDF

Health Evaluations

Date Effective
September 1990
Date Reviewed / Revised
June 2026
Program Level
General

POLICY: 

To be eligible for registration, all students admitted with full or provisional status and attending full-time or part-time must have a Health Evaluation submitted completely initially, then annually as required by the clinical agency.
Students must meet health requirements prior to enrollment in clinical activities.

PROCEDURE:

Students are responsible for arranging and paying for required Health Evaluation and for submitting the forms on time. In addition, students are responsible for meeting any additional health requirements of individual clinical agencies. When a student is readmitted after inactive status, a new Health Evaluation must be performed.

  1. The initial and annual Health Evaluation forms are available to students in the Clinical Management System. Directions for accessing the health forms are in the Clinical Management Each Student is responsible for uploading completed forms into the Clinical Management System before the due date.
  2. Directions for uploading the forms are in the Clinical Management
    • Each Student is required to upload verification of their initial and annual (as required by the clinical agency) TB test in the Clinical Management System. If the student has had the BCG vaccination, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold blood test is recommended as the screening test for TB. If the student has a history of a positive TB test, the student must submit documentation of a negative chest X-ray following the positive TB test and complete the Medical TB Questionnaire as part of the initial and annual Health Evaluation.
    • Approved TB tests include:
      Initial test - the 2 step PPD or QuantiFERON-TB Gold blood test.
      Annually - PPD test or QuantiFERON-TB Gold, as required by the clinical agency.
  1. The Clinical Management Office is responsible for monitoring the health requirements of all students. Any incomplete forms will be returned to the students and must be completed. If complete documentation of requirements is not submitted by the due date, the student will be removed from clinical.
  2. When health requirements of a clinical agency exceed those of the School of Nursing, the student is responsible for demonstrating that the additional requirements have been met before beginning the clinical practicum.