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Sick before an exam at Macquarie? Get special consideration sorted.

A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Professional Authority Form Macquarie asks for, completed.

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No later than five working days after the assessment task due date

If the doctor signs off, issued the day you're seen

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Real-time call. Medical statement. Verified online.
  • Real-time doctor consultation
  • AHPRA-registered doctors
  • Form and certificate included
  • Verification link
  • Issued the day you're seen
  • All Australian institutions

One flat fee at Macquarie.

Macquarie special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

The evidence Macquarie asks a doctor for, from one real-time call. For an exam, an assignment or an extension.

  • Macquarie's Professional Authority Form, completed by the doctor, plus a medical certificate
  • A medical support letter
  • A real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor
  • A two-minute form and a preconsult call, so the doctor's call is short
  • Issued the day you're seen, if the doctor signs off

Issued only if the doctor finds it clinically appropriate. If the doctor completes your consult and decides a certificate isn't appropriate, the fee still applies. We refund it only when we can't deliver the consultation.

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Five things Macquarie checks. One call covers them.

What Macquarie looks for in your evidence, and how the consult answers it.

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Video or phone. AHPRA signed. Same-day consult.
  1. 01

    A video or phone consult

    Every Doccy consult is a real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor.

  2. 02

    That you couldn't sit or finish it

    The doctor records the assessment and the date it falls on.

  3. 03

    When you were seen, and for how long

    Dated the day of your call, covering the days the doctor confirms.

  4. 04

    Who signed it

    Registration and practice details printed, with a link Macquarie can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    No later than five working days after the assessment task due date. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why Macquarie students choose Doccy for special consideration.

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From bed, today. AHPRA signed. 24/7 access.
  1. 01

    Seen from bed, the same day

    No waiting room. A doctor calls you, and if they sign off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

  2. 02

    The history is taken before the doctor calls

    A two-minute form and a preconsult call collect your dates and symptoms, so the doctor's call is short.

  3. 03

    Evidence Macquarie can check

    Signed by an AHPRA-registered doctor, with a verification link on every certificate.

  4. 04

    One price, shown before you start

    One flat fee for the consult and everything it issues. Nothing added at checkout.

Too unwell for an exam or assignment at Macquarie? Start here.

Your next step at Macquarie, and what to tell the doctor.

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts. No later than five working days after the assessment task due date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell Macquarie now, then see a doctor today.

  3. 03

    I'm too unwell to finish an assignment

    Tell the doctor the due date and when you fell ill.

  4. 04

    I became unwell during the exam

    Tell the invigilator at the time, then see a doctor the same day.

  5. 05

    Macquarie needs its own form

    The doctor completes the Professional Authority Form on the call. Have your assessment details ready.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    Macquarie handles it through special consideration.

From unwell to lodged at Macquarie

Macquarie's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    Take the PAF along

    The doctor rates you fit, limited, unfit or unable to assess, and says whether it's short term or chronic.

  2. 02

    Tick the right box

    The form has one tick for special consideration and one for withdrawal. Check it matches.

  3. 03

    Lodge in Service Connect

    No later than five working days after the task was due, with the form attached.

  4. 04

    Keep the original

    For six months. Macquarie can ask for it and wants it within ten working days.

Macquarie special consideration form and deadline

The doctor completes Macquarie's Professional Authority Form on the call. You lodge it with your application.

Macquarie policies checked 16 September 2026

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Doctor form. Telehealth not mentioned. Verified online.
  1. 01

    The form

    Professional Authority Form (PAF). The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    No later than five working days after the assessment task due date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    Macquarie's Special Consideration Procedure and its evidence schedule do not address telehealth or the modality of the consultation. They require original, independent documentary evidence that identifies the circumstances, their dates and length, and the severity and impact.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    Whether you were fit, limited, unfit, or the practitioner is unable to assess. Whether the condition is short term, chronic, or an exacerbation of an existing condition.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    The Professional Authority Form has a tick for special consideration or withdrawal. Make sure the doctor marks the one that matches what you are applying for. Evidence must be original and independent. Keep the originals for six months, because Macquarie can ask for them and expects them within ten working days of the request.

One consultation, three Macquarie outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Special consideration

Special consideration covers serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive circumstances that affected an assessment task. You lodge through Service Connect within five working days of the due date and attach the Professional Authority Form.

Supplementary examination

A supplementary exam is one of the outcomes Macquarie can grant when illness affected a final exam. Other than in exceptional circumstances, only one supplementary exam opportunity is given.

Extension of the assessment deadline

Where the affected task is not an exam, the usual outcome is an extension. Macquarie normally sets the length of the extension to match the duration of the circumstances, so the dates on the form matter.

After you lodge at Macquarie

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long Macquarie takes

Macquarie aims to email the outcome within five working days of receiving the application and all its evidence. Peak periods take longer.

An extension normally matches how long your circumstances lasted, so the dates on the Professional Authority Form set how much time you get.

If Macquarie says no

You can appeal a special consideration decision within ten working days of being told the outcome.

You can't withdraw an application once it's lodged, so a decision stands unless an appeal changes it.

Macquarie special consideration FAQs

Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at Macquarie, from its published policy. How special consideration works at every university

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Does Macquarie accept online medical certificates?

Macquarie's Special Consideration Procedure does not address the modality of the consultation. It requires original, independent documentary evidence that identifies the circumstances, gives their dates and length, and explains the severity and impact. Silence on telehealth is not the same as acceptance, so the clinical detail on the form carries the application.

What is the MQ Professional Authority Form?

The Professional Authority Form, or PAF, is Macquarie's form for documenting medical disruptions, physical or psychological. The practitioner rates you as fit, limited, unfit or unable to assess, records whether the condition is short term, chronic or an exacerbation, and signs and stamps it. You complete and sign the student section.

What is the Macquarie special consideration deadline?

No later than five working days after the assessment task due date. Macquarie aims to communicate the outcome within five working days of receiving the application and all necessary supporting evidence.

Can I withdraw a Macquarie special consideration application?

No. The procedure states that once you have submitted an application you may not withdraw it, and you must accept the outcome as determined. Check the Professional Authority Form is complete and ticked for the right process before you lodge.

Will Macquarie special consideration get me a supplementary exam?

It can. A supplementary examination is one of the listed outcomes, and other than in exceptional circumstances only one opportunity is provided. The other outcomes are an extension matched to the duration of your circumstances, or a recommendation to apply to withdraw without penalty.

Unwell before a Macquarie assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Professional Authority Form Macquarie asks for.

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