Verification of Illness Form updates 

In 2024-2025, Health & Wellness collaborated with the University Registrar’s Office to revise the Verification of Illness Form and clarify the process for completing it.     

When students are too sick to take an exam or meet an assignment deadline, they need a clinician to complete a Verification of Illness Form. However, the form didn’t always allow clinicians to fully express the nature of a student’s illness. In some cases, students with accommodations didn’t know that they may not need to complete the form.    

Building on conversations between Health & Wellness, Accessibility Services and the University Registrar’s Office, the departments engaged in a multi-year initiative to improve the Verification of Illness Form that considered the perspectives of students, staff, faculty and clinicians.   

Now with four levels of illness to choose from and more space to add additional details, the form gives clinicians the room they need to fully explain why an illness prevents a student from meeting academic deadlines. In addition, the form reminds students registered with Accessibility Services to contact them directly because they may not need to complete the form.   

The updated form will be available for the 2025-2026 academic year with clearer guidance around when it needs to be completed.