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Health Fees |
The Mandatory
Student Health Fee provides students access to Student Health &
Counseling Services throughout the academic semester. Eligibility
for service for any semester starts with the first day of the
preceding break period and lasts until the first day of classes
of the next semester. As of Spring semester 2007, the semester fee
is $65.00, and is automatically included in your tuition fees. All
currently enrolled Cal State San Marcos students can use SHCS. There are no
co-payments to see a counselor or medical provider. Basic visits
to the clinic are free to all regularly enrolled students.
Here is a summary of what this fee provides:
ACCESSIBLE HEALTH
CARE
- There are
minimal delays for appointments--most are scheduled within 1
to 3 days of your request
- Student Health
& Counseling Services is open during convenient hours
AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE
- No-cost,
unlimited doctor. nurse practitioner, nurse and health educator
visits
- Low-cost
x-rays
- No-cost or low
cost laboratory tests
- Low cost immunizations i.e.:
MMR, flu shots or TB testing.
- At-cost
prescription and non-prescription drugs and medications
PROTECTION OF
COMMUNITY (PUBLIC) HEALTH
- One-third of
all students are uninsured--Student Health Services is the
only health protection that they have
- The immunization program
provided at SHCS protects ALL students to reduce loss of
class and study time
EDUCATION OF
THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH
- Free Health
Promotion education and information
- Free
assistance with health-related classroom projects
- Research on
and dissemination of information about health related
behaviors including:
Use of alcohol and other drugs as well as use of diet and
exercise to reduce stress and to maintain health
- Promotion of
awareness of available services
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SHCS Business Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
120 Craven
Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
Phone: 760-750-4915
Fax: 760-750-3181
Email:
shcs@csusm.edu
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