Q. What information is required to get clearance to register for classes?

Once accepted to SVA, students are mailed a SVA Student Health Form. This form contains all of the requirements of New York State to attend college. Students must review information about the meningococcal meningitis vaccine and indicate if they had the vaccine or do not want to have the vaccine at that time. Student also must demonstrate immunity to measles, mumps and rubella. Accepted students can also obtain the SVA Student Health Form at www.sva.edu/healthform

Q. What services are available to students?

For information about Student Health and Counseling Services click here.

Q. What is the Health Insurance Fee?

Students are automatically enrolled in the SVA-sponsored sickness insurance plan and billed the Health Insurance Fee. The Health Insurance Fee ($650) is charged each semester and students who register for and attend classes for the fall and spring semester have coverage for one year (August 25, 2010 - August 24, 2011).

Information about the plan can be viewed at www.sva.edu/aetna. The site contains a feature to search for health care providers who accept Aetna . Students who register for Aetna Navigator can access their insurance claims and other information online. For questions about the insurance, please call 877.623.3324.

Students who have other have health insurance that can be used in the New York City area and do not wish to have the sickness portion of the SVA-sponsored insurance must complete the online waiver at www.sva.edu/aetna by the applicable deadline each academic year. The online waiver must be completed before October 7, 2010 in order to waive the Health Insurance Fee for the 2010-2011 academic year. Failure to complete this online waiver will result in automatic enrollment in the SVA plan at the current rate. There are no refunds of the Health Insurance Fee after the semester?s deadline date.

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