Scope of Care
The Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center operates as an ambulatory medical clinic and treats students with a wide variety of concerns. Services for healthcare needs beyond the Student Health Center’s scope of practice may be referred to an outside specialist. Specialty Care is not paid by the Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center. The individual student is responsible for all financial expenses incurred such as consultant physician fees, medications, diagnostic studies, or any other therapeutics.
The Insurance Department of the Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center only processes insurance claims for students who receive services at the Student Health Center. Please note that the Insurance Department of the Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center is not responsible for processing any insurance claim payments for services received outside of the care of the Student Health Center.
Acceptable forms of payment for services rendered at the Student Health Center are as follows:
- Cash
- Aggie One Card
- Credit Card
- Check, with valid identification
- Charge to the patient's University account ($5.00 Minimum Charge)
Limitations and Scope of Care
The Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center provides medical care for a wide variety of ailments and injuries. The Student Health Center is not prepared or equipped for management of acute, life and limb threatening emergencies. We provide healthcare for those conditions that are not of a life-threatening nature. If such life-threatening conditions exist, the student is to be immediately transferred to a hospital.
At the point where such urgent matters are identified, the arrangement would be made for immediate transfer to a hospital acute care facility. All effort would be made to expedite transport to a nearby emergency room and to minimize unnecessary delays at the Alvin V Blount Jr. Student Health Center.
