Eligibility

All Columbia campus students enrolled in at least one credit hour in a degree program are eligible for care at Thomson Student Health Center and the Counseling and Human Development Center. Spouses of eligible students may be seen on a space-available basis.

Continuing students (students who are between academic periods) retain eligibility for care under continuation of care rules. For example, fall students who will be returning for spring semester are eligible for care over the winter break period. Spring semester students who are not attending summer session, but will return in the fall, are eligible for care during the summer.

Students with eligibility questions, or those participating in atypical academic programs, such as co-op students or graduate students in special research programs, may contact the Business Office at (803) 777-3174 for clarification.

Eligibility for care at Student Health Services fees for services are depended by the student health fee as apart of his or her tution bill.

Summer session eligibility

• Spring 2011 eligibility ends at 5 p.m., May 8, 2011. The extended summer eligibility period starts May 10 and ends August 13.

• Students enrolled in spring 2011, any session of summer school AND fall 2011 are eligible for services at Student Health Services. This means they will retain their "health fee paid" status for all sessions of summer school and will not be charged a provider fee.

• Students enrolled in spring 2011 and enrolled in fall 2011, but not enrolled in any summer school sessions are eligible to be seen on a fee-for-service basis through August 13.

• Students that graduated in spring 2011 are eligible to be seen on a fee-for-service basis through June 8, 2011.

• Students enrolled in atypical academic programs that overlap summer sessions are eligible to seen under the "health fee paid" status during the extended summer eligibility period.

• Payment of health insurance does not waive payment of the student health fee requirement.