Health Requirements

Find out what you need to provide to Health Services before beginning at RISD, including up-to-date immunization records and other important medical forms.

Required health forms

In order to attend RISD, all students, including pre-college, must go to the patient portal and complete the following forms (all available on the patient portal).

Only available on the patient portal

  • privacy statement and patient bill of rights
  • confidentiality and consent to treat
  • health history
  • student demographics and emergency contact
  • tuberculosis (TB) questionnaire

Downloadable here and on the portal

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Vaccination requirements

All students, including pre-college, are required to provide proof of the following vaccinations in order to attend RISD:

  • tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) — one (1) adult dose within previous 10 years
  • mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) — two (2) doses or proof of immunity via titer
  • hepatitis B — three (3) doses or proof of immunity via titer
  • varicella — two (2) doses or proof of immunity via titer
  • meningococcal ACYW (≤ 21 years old) — one (1) dose with an additional booster dose between ages of 16 to 21 if first dose received prior to age 16.

Additionally, we recommend that students receive the following vaccinations:

  • COVID-19 series and booster
  • meningococcal B
  • hepatitis A
  • human papilloma virus (HPV)
  • polio
  • influenza (annually)

Contact us if you would like to receive any of these recommended vaccines, or if you have been unable to receive these vaccines in your home country. We also encourage you to keep up to date with our current COVID-19 protocols.

Be sure to submit the immunization record below—completed and with a medical provider signature—via the patient portal. 

Vaccination documentation can take up to 48-72 hours for verification by a clinical staff member. Health services will contact you through the patient portal if further information is required. Once complete, your new student admission checklist will update within 24 hours. 

Instructions for BRDD and MADE Students: 

  • Both Brown and RISD require students to provide their immunization record. Due to privacy laws, this information needs to be shared by the student to both institutions. The student should complete their requirements with Brown and then follow the instructions below to download their record to provide the same information to RISD. 

To print your immunization record from your Brown Student Health Services Portal:

To upload your records to the RISD:

  • Log into RISD Health Services Patient Portal

  • Select “Uploads” from the side menu

  • Scroll down to “Immunization Records (Required)” and click select file

  • Choose your file to upload

  • Click upload at the bottom of the screen to complete the process

immunization record forM (PDF)

Contact Health Services

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Hours

Mon–Fri: 8:30 am–4:30 pm

Contact

72 Pine Street, 2nd Floor

Providence, RI 02903

401 454-6625

health@risd.edu

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