New Student Information

Required Steps

Step 1: Access the URI Health Services Patient Portal

Go to the Patient Portal, and click on “I have a URI.edu email address.”

Note: If you have any difficulty accessing the Patient Portal via your Single Sign On (SSO), please click here for assistance.

Step 2: Complete the required online forms in the Patient Portal

Click on the Forms tab in the Patient Portal and complete the forms under the “Patient Required Forms” tab.

• Health History for New Students (Not Physicals)
• Student & Emergency Contact Form
• TB Screening Questionnaire (if you answer YES to any of the questions, you must take the TB Risk Assessment Form to your medical provider, have it completed and upload it under the Upload section)
• Texting Opt-in/Opt-out Form (We hope you will opt-in for appointment reminders and any missing requirements)
• Under Consents, Informed Consent for Telehealth Treatment Services Form

Step 3: Go to the Immunizations tab and follow the specific instructions

All full-time domestic students and all international students must comply with the following vaccine requirements:

• *MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) (2 shots) or positive titer results
• *Hepatitis B (3 shots or 2 shots of Heplisav) or positive titer result
• *Tdap (1 shot) Not to be confused with DTap or Td vaccines
• *Meningitis (MCV4, Menactra, MenQuadfi, or Menveo) (date must be within last 5 years, unless you had a dose after your 16th birthday). Not to be confused with meningitis serogroup B vaccine (Bexsero or Trumenba)
• *Varicella (Chickenpox) (2 shots) or positive titer result or history of disease with proof from a medical provider

Step 4: Upload completed and signed documents in the Patient Portal

Upload a scanned copy of the following forms/items or take a photo from your mobile device and upload the photo to the patient portal:

• Immunization Record – Only if you had to enter your vaccination dates
• Photograph of all medications you currently take
• Photograph of the FRONT and BACK of your health insurance card. NOTE: This is NOT the health insurance waiver
• Physical Examination Form (recommended if completed in the last 18 months, but NOT required)
• Consent To Treat a Minor Form (if under 18 years of age when you will arrive at URI)
• TB/Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form (NOTE: This is only required based on answers to the TB Screening Form – see Step 2)

Step 5: Waive or Enroll in the URI Student Health Insurance in e-Campus (if applicable)

1. Follow the instructions below if you would like to waive the school insurance:
   • Log into your e-Campus account
   • Select URI Student Services from the menu at the top left-hand corner
   • Select Insurance Waiver and enter required information (Note: Please note that URI Health Insurance must be waived annually)
   • For more information, please visit Health Insurance Waiver
2. If you want to enroll in the school sponsored insurance you must click here to complete the online enrollment. 

Step 6: Complete the online Health Behavior Survey

Step 7: Review the To Your Health booklet

* Failure to submit this required health information by the deadline may result in a hold on your account that could hinder your ability to register (including add/drop) for classes. Please check your URI email frequently, as we will send you an email if you are not compliant with the requirements.

If you have further questions, please call us at 401.874.2246.