Because Distance Education and Online-only Students do not pay the University of Tennessee Student Programs and Services Fee (SPSF), they are NOT eligible for Student Health Center (SHC) or Student Counseling Center (SCC) services.

NOTE: Distance Education students who have a paid UT appointment as a Graduate Assistant, please see “Graduate Assistants” below.

Distant Education students who have a paid UT appointment as a Graduate Assistant AND are insured through the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) may pay a:

• $75.00 Summer Access Fee to be eligible for services at the Student Health Center during the summer
• $75.00 Summer Access Fee to be eligible for services at the Student Counseling Center during the summer

NOTE: Each fee must be paid to be eligible for services through each center.

Students graduating in May who ARE insured through the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) may be able to pay an access fees to access student health and counseling center services. More information about summer access fees will be provided near the end of the academic year.

Students graduating in May who ARE NOT insured through the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) may be seen through the date of commencement.

Students graduating in December who ARE NOT insured through the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) may be seen through the Sunday of the week prior to the first day of classes in the Spring semester

Students enrolled at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) who are based in Knoxville and have paid the University of Tennessee Student Program and Services Fee (SPSF) are eligible for services.

Medical and Physician Assistant students on rotation in Knoxville who have paid the University of Tennessee Student Program and Services Fee (SPSF) are only eligible during the dates of their rotation.

FALL/SPRING SEMESTER: New undergraduate, graduate, and transfer students who need to fulfill immunization requirements may be able to receive required-immunizations or testing for required-immunization compliance through the Student Health Center (SHC) without paying an access fee. However, they must:

• Provide proof of enrollment at the University for the upcoming semester
• Have services limited to receiving required-immunizations and/or testing for required-immunization compliance
• Pay for visit-related charges for lab work, immunizations, and/or TB testing.

NOTE: If the student must see a SHC provider as a result of their immunization encounter (e.g. abnormal test result or an immunization reaction), an access fee will be assessed.

International students actively enrolled in the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP), who were enrolled in classes during the Spring Semester but are not enrolled in classes during the summer may be able to pay a summer access fee to be eligible for services.

Visiting Scholars may be enrolled, as a courtesy, in the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP). However, because Visiting Scholars do not pay the University of Tennessee Student Programs and Services Fees (SPSF), they:

• Are NOT eligible for Student Health Center or Student Counseling Center services
• Are NOT required to obtain referrals to see an off-campus healthcare provider
• May have prescriptions filled at the Student Health Center Pharmacy