Student Health Clinic

• Our Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides a range of mental health management and support services. These include diagnosing, treating and managing mental health conditions as well as creating holistic treatment plans specific to each student’s mental health and psychiatric needs. We can also refer students to our on-campus counselors at Mental Health and Counseling Services located on the second floor of the Franklin Academic Success Center.

We offer on-site lab services. We can perform urinalysis, pregnancy,  strep, COVID, and flu, etc. right here in the office. Blood work, pap smears and cultures are sent to a local laboratory for processing. Results for most tests are faxed directly to the SHC within 2-5 days.

You can have lab work done if it was ordered by an outside provider and not ordered by a provider at the SHC. Call or email to schedule an appointment with our lab technician.

PLEASE BE AWARE:

• Each insurance plan covers labwork differently! Your plan may NOT pay for the labs that have been ordered. It is recommended that you contact your insurance to discuss coverage before you have labwork done.
• Please be sure your lab tech has ALL information for the insurance being billed.
• UMF is NOT responsible for the billing of laboratory services.
• The Student Health Clinic is able to get certain lab tests at a discount if NOT billed to insurance. Please ask!

Based on Maine law, the University of Maine System requires students to be immunized against certain diseases and submit official immunization records prior to attending classes, or participation in University activities.

Maine law requires all degree-seeking students and full time, non-degree students born after December 31, 1956 to provide proof of the following immunizations:

• One (1) dose of Tetanus/Diphtheria (Td or Tdap) received within the last ten (10) years.
• Two (2) doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) received after (not on) the first birthday. If measles immunization was done prior to 1968, student must provide proof it was done with a live virus.

Lab results of titer tests showing immunity to Measles, Mumps and Rubella are accepted as long as they are signed or stamped and clearly indicate immunity to all three diseases.

Immunization records must indicate the date of immunization and the immunization agent, and are REQUIRED to be signed or stamped by a physician, nurse, public health official, or school health provider who administered the immunization. Official school or military health records may also be accepted as proof of immunization, as long as they were based on certificates of immunization, and state, at a minimum, the month and year that the immunization was administered.

Exceptions

Per Maine law, a student may only be exempted from the University’s Tdap and MMR immunization requirements if the student:

1. Provides a written statement from a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant that, in that provider’s judgement, immunization against one or more of the diseases may be medically inadvisable. To submit a request for exemption from the immunization requirements please send the provider’s written statement to umf.healthclinic@maine.edu ; or
2. Is fully remote and does not physically attend any classes or programs at a facility, campus, center or site of this University or any other school.

Send copies of your immunization records to:

Student Health Clinic
245 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
tel  207-778-7200
fax  207-778-8183
TYY (via Maine Relay Service) dial 711
umf.healthclinic@maine.edu

Our goal is to help you stay healthy-physically and emotionally. We offer a full range of primary care services, including care for acute illness or injury, help in managing chronic health problems and preventative health care.

The mission of the UMF Student Health Clinic is to enhance the academic success of our students by providing high quality, affordable medical care. We work collaboratively with others to promote health education and wellness within the UMF community.