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Physical Health Care
Required Immunizations
Mental Health
Student Health Insurance Requirement
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
PHYSICAL HEALTH
CARE
The University of Pennsylvania Student Health Services provides
primary medical care for all Curtis students. The fee for the 2007-08 year is $800, which includes primary care visits. Student Health
Services is located on the lower level of the Penn Tower Hotel at
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard. To make an appointment,
call 215-662-2853. The SEPTA #42 bus, which stops at 18th and Walnut
Streets, can take you to the Penn Tower Hotel. Student Health Services
also provides a shuttle, which stops at 20th and Locust Streets
in the evenings, to take you to its offices. In addition the SEPTA
#21 bus, which also stops at 18th and Walnut, can take you to 34th
and Walnut, two blocks from the Penn Tower Hotel. The student services
office will reimburse students for any cab fares to and from UPSHS
upon presentation of a dated receipt.
A regular exercise program is recommended for all students. Physical
fitness particularly benefits musicians who participate in the prolonged
physical activities associated with rehearsing and performing. Curtis
encourages you to enhance both your general health and performance-related
health by participating in a program of routine exercise. Start
to develop lifelong habits of exercise now to help reduce injury
and improve your professional performance. For details about Curtis's
gym reimbursement program, see the director of student services.
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REQUIRED
IMMUNIZATIONS
You are required to provide records of immunizations, including
a recent TB test. If you catch measles, mumps, chicken pox, hepatitis,
or any other contagious disease, or if you realize that you have
been exposed to one, please immediately notify the director of student
services and the registrar so that the school can make sure you
are being cared for properly and precautions can be taken to protect
your fellow students.
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MENTAL
HEALTH
Confidential initial consultations and short-term counseling are
available, off campus, from a skilled practitioner with experience
treating musicians. Those initial consultations and counseling are
at no added cost, being included as part of the services covered
by the Health Services Fee. You may contact Dr. Ellen Wright directly
at 215-732-3720. Her office is nearby, just off Rittenhouse Square.
All conversations with her are strictly confidential.
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STUDENT HEALTH
INSURANCE REQUIREMENT
Curtis requires all students to have adequate
health care insurance for twelve months each year and offers a comprehensive
student health insurance policy. The premium cost is $2,279 for
the 2007-08 school year (twelve months of coverage, September 1, 2007, through August 31, 2008). All Curtis students are automatically
charged for this plan. However students may request exemption from
enrollment in the plan and its cost if they feel that a parental
or private health insurance plan provides adequate protection while
they are attending Curtis.
To request exemption you must: (1) submit a copy of
your insurance company's Summary Plan Description (SPD) or Schedule
of Benefits and (2) submit a copy of your insurance card showing
valid enrollment dates. Curtis will compare the information from
your private plan to that of the plan it offers to determine if
your private plan coverage is adequate while you are attending Curtis.
If Curtis determines that your private plan provides
adequate protection, both you and your parents will be required
to sign release forms stating that you (and/or your parents) will
be responsible for all uninsured or underinsured medical expenses
and that you will not seek reimbursement from Curtis for any medical
expenses you might incur.
If Curtis determines that your private plan does
not provide adequate protection, you will be advised to enroll in
the plan offered through Curtis. If you still choose to be exempt
from the Curtis plan, you and your parents will be required to sign
the waivers for uninsured medical expenses indicated above.
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DRUG AND ALCOHOL
ABUSE
Unlawful activites relating to drugs and alcohol--such as the unlawful use, possession, transfer, or sale of any
controlled substance (i.e., drugs) and/or alcohol--by any student
or employee is forbidden in any of the facilities of the Institute.
Curtis will take appropriate action to ensure the enforcement on
its premises of Pennsylvania's under-age drinking laws, as well
as Pennsylvania and federal drug laws.
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