{"id":39,"date":"2026-04-27T12:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/student-health\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:09:25","slug":"health-and-illness-support-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/student-health\/community-health\/health-and-illness-support-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Illness Support Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-center-left\" style=\"min-height:202px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-6180 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Smokey-Gray-Mountains.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 65%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 65%\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);margin-right:0;margin-left:0\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-2669c25cd1f06430b4b85ebffeced485 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\">Health and Illness Support Form<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our\u00a0community health team\u00a0oversees faculty notifications\u00a0for\u00a0class absences\u00a0due to\u00a0a\u00a0personal\u00a0health-related illness or injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For information about faculty notification of a&nbsp;class&nbsp;absence for reasons&nbsp;<em>other than<\/em>&nbsp;a personal health-related illness or injury,&nbsp;visit&nbsp;the&nbsp;Division&nbsp;of&nbsp;Student&nbsp;Life\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/health-wellness\/absence-notification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Absence&nbsp;Notification page<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/caring-for-all-vols\/absence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Using this form for&nbsp;an&nbsp;absence notification does not require a&nbsp;medical&nbsp;excuse\/doctor\u2019s note.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-utkwds-cta-link wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.utk.edu\/hisf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complete Health and Illness Support Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our\u00a0community health team\u00a0oversees faculty notifications\u00a0for\u00a0class absences\u00a0due to\u00a0a\u00a0personal\u00a0health-related illness or injury. 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