Health Services at Lake Forest

All full-time (first year and transfer) students are required to complete the following forms on the Lake Forest Student Health Patient Portal:

• Medcial History Form
• Immunization History Form - A signed/stamped copy of your immunization records must be uploaded into the portal for dates to be verified.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Form ( including both a primary series and booster)
• Tuberculosis Screening Questionnaire
• Consent to Treat form (if under the age of 18 prior to the start of the semester)

It is important that you complete all necessary forms with vaccination proof into the Lake Forest Student Health Portal by January 15^th for Spring semester and by July 15^th for Fall semester. If forms are not submitted by January 15^th/July 15^th, students not in compliance with the immunization requirements during their first term of attendance are restricted from registering for subsequent terms until compliance is obtained. 

Immunization Exemptions

• For medical exemption requests: Please ask your treating medical provider to write and sign a letter (on official letterhead) indicating the nature and probable duration of the medical condition(s) and/or circumstance(s) that contraindicate a vaccination(s).
• For religious exemption requests: Please fill out the religious exemption certificate.

All exemption requests should be submitted by July 15th for fall semester or by January 15th for spring semester. Submissions should be made as a PDF on the student health portal via "Document Upload." Please note, the portal is confidential and only Health & Wellness Center staff can view the portal. 

COVID-19 Vaccination Information

To support the goal of learning, living, teaching, and working together, all students (residential and commuter) are required to meet the COVID-19 vaccination requirement in order to participate in the 2022-2023 academic year. This step is necessary to protect the health and safety of our community, and will allow us to relax some of the precautions that constrained the campus experience previously.

New students must be “up to date” by the time they arrive, which means having a primary vaccination series (two doses for Pfizer and Moderna or one dose for Johnson & Johnson) and one booster if 2 or more months have passed since completion of the primary series. The College will accept all COVID-19 vaccines approved by the U.S. and students’ home countries.

Students who live in countries with no access to a vaccine should email healthandwellness@lakeforest.edu by January 1 spring semester start or Aug 1^st for Fall semester start to communicate plans for receiving the vaccine after arrival to campus.

Proof of the COVID-19 vaccination should be submitted on the Lake Forest College Student Health Portal.

COVID-19 Vaccination Exemptions

If a student is requesting either a medical or religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination, please see the Immunization Exemptions above.

All exemptions requests should be submitted by July 15 for fall semester or by January 15 for spring semester. Submissions should be made as a PDF on the student health portal via “Document Upload.” Please note, the portal is confidential and only member of the Health & Wellness Center Staff can view the portal.

Use your College issued username and password to log in to the Lake Forest Student Health Portal to complete your forms and upload any documents.