Available Services
Current students registered for classes at Rhode Island College are eligible to utilize health services, whether you are full or part-time, residential or commuter, undergraduate or graduate.
For those that recently graduated, you can continue to use health services until January 15 for December graduates and August 15 for May graduates.
Additionally, those that are participating in an athletic program at Rhode Island College are eligible to complete the required medical clearance with Health Services.
We offer information on how to live a healthy lifestyle and encourage making positive behavior choices. We strive to achieve this mission by:
- being a resource center for Rhode Island College students to obtain information and services needed to improve and maintain their health
- advocating, creating and maintaining a community that encourages environmental, physical, social, intellectual, and emotional wellness to support a healthy lifestyle and encourage student success
- creating and implementing health initiatives aimed to improve individual and community health at Rhode Island College
- collaborating with students, faculty and staff, and other organizations on and off campus to encourage and foster health initiatives on campus
- maintaining cultural competence and expanding the understanding of the links between culture, identity, and social justice as determinants of health
- offering confidential individual consultation and referrals for students in need
- annual physicals
- sports physicals
- pre-employment physicals
- gynecological exams
- pre-travel appointments
- symptomatic COVID, strep throat, and influenza testing available
- urine and blood tests available
- gynecological Care
- prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception
- pregnancy Testing
- sexual Transmitted Disease (STI) screenings for all genders
- pre-exposure and Post-exposure Prevention for HIV (PEP and PrEP)
- comprehensive multidisciplinary services including primary care, gynecological care and wellness services
- gender-affirming hormone therapy instruction and injection once prescribed by a specialty healthcare provider in the community
- in-house lab services: pregnancy testing, blood sugars, rapid strep and COVID testing, and urine testing
- East Side Lab Services: phlebotomy services offered, specimens sent to East Side Lab
- cessation assistance for nicotine products (JUUL, vaping, cigarettes)
- education and treatment for substance and alcohol abuse
- staff provide education regarding opioid overdose and Naloxone administration
- Learning for Life
- Office of Counseling Services
- RIC Nutritionist
- Off-campus resources: Medical officers, Specialists, Cardiology, Day One and Sojourner House
Please Note: Only if students sign written consent, may Health Services coordinate care with other professionals.
Health Services is part of the state-supplied vaccine program which offers free vaccines to most students.
Health Services is part of the state-supplied vaccine program. Offers free vaccines to most students.
Rhode Island state law requires that all full-time students, graduate and undergraduate, provide documentation of:
- One Tdap (Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis) vaccine
- Two MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccines
- Three Hepatitis B vaccines
- Two Varicella vaccinations or proof of chicken pox disease
- Meningitis vaccine
- COVID-19 vaccine
Tuberculosis (TB) screenings are required for all full-time students.
Medical examinations (physicals) are required for the following students: athletes, nursing majors and residential students.
Upload and access immunizations through your Patient Portal.
