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Sick before an exam at RMIT? 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 Impact Assessment Statement RMIT asks for, completed.

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Within five working days after the assessment date or 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 RMIT.

RMIT special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

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

  • RMIT's Impact Assessment Statement, 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 RMIT checks. One call covers them.

What RMIT 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 RMIT can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    Within five working days after the assessment date or due date. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why RMIT 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 RMIT 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 RMIT? Start here.

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

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts. Within five working days after the assessment date or due date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell RMIT 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

    RMIT needs its own form

    The doctor completes the Impact Assessment Statement on the call. Have your assessment details ready.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    RMIT handles it through special consideration.

From unwell to lodged at RMIT

RMIT's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    See your practitioner

    The one treating you completes the Impact Assessment Statement. RMIT won't consider one from a family member.

  2. 02

    Lodge online

    At specon.rmit.edu.au, within five working days of the assessment date, with a short personal statement.

  3. 03

    Upload the statement

    You get five more working days to add it. Upload the file itself; RMIT can't open cloud links.

  4. 04

    Watch for two emails

    A receipt, then the outcome, up to ten working days after the application is complete.

RMIT special consideration form and deadline

The doctor completes RMIT's Impact Assessment Statement on the call. You lodge it with your application.

RMIT policies checked 23 October 2026

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

    The form

    Impact Assessment Statement. The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    Within five working days after the assessment date or due date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    RMIT's special consideration page does not address consultation modality. It requires the supporting document to be completed by the registered medical or health practitioner who treated you, and points to the AHPRA register, but it neither permits nor rules out a telehealth consultation.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    Your ability to travel, sustain reading, and concentrate for one to two hours, each rated as usual or less than usual. Whether the condition is determined by the practitioner or reported by the student.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    The Impact Assessment Statement must be completed by the registered medical or health practitioner who treated you, not by a practitioner who has only read a summary. The statement covers difficult personal circumstances as well as medical ones, so a counsellor or other registered health practitioner can complete it where that fits your situation.

One consultation, three RMIT outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Extension of time for submission of assessable work

An extension moves an assignment due date without changing how the work is marked. RMIT handles short extensions separately from full special consideration.

Special consideration

This is the full application for when illness or difficult personal circumstances affected an assessment you sat, missed or submitted late. It is lodged online at specon.rmit.edu.au within five working days of the assessment date.

Equitable assessment arrangement

Where a condition is ongoing rather than a one-off episode, RMIT uses equitable assessment arrangements instead of repeated special consideration applications. The Impact Assessment Statement asks the practitioner whether the condition is permanent, episodic, deteriorating or improving, which is what routes you here.

After you lodge at RMIT

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long RMIT takes

RMIT emails the outcome up to ten working days after it tells you the application is complete.

Expect two emails: one confirming receipt, then the decision. The ten days start from a complete application, so the Impact Assessment Statement attached on day one is the quickest route.

If RMIT says no

Read the reason in the outcome email first. RMIT may decline an application when it can't verify the documents, so the practitioner's name and contact details on the statement matter.

If the circumstances stopped you finishing the course altogether, RMIT lets you apply to withdraw without academic penalty up to a year later.

RMIT special consideration FAQs

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

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How do I apply for special consideration at RMIT?

Online, through RMIT's special consideration system at specon.rmit.edu.au. You write a short personal statement and attach your evidence, and you have five working days after the assessment date or due date to lodge. If the evidence is still coming, lodge anyway: RMIT gives you another five working days after submitting to upload it, and it will not open documents left on a cloud drive, so upload the files themselves.

Does RMIT accept online medical certificates?

RMIT's published policy does not address consultation modality either way. It requires the Impact Assessment Statement to be completed by the registered practitioner who treated you and refers to the AHPRA register. Absence of a restriction is not the same as acceptance, so the safer path is a certificate backed by a real consultation.

What is the RMIT special consideration deadline?

Five working days after the assessment date or due date. Supporting documents can follow shortly after the application, but the application itself must be lodged in that window. Late applications need an explanation.

What is the RMIT Impact Assessment Statement?

It is RMIT's practitioner form. The practitioner rates your ability to travel, sustain reading and concentrate for one to two hours against what is usual for you, records whether the condition was determined or reported, and describes its course. It is recommended for health-related applications.

Can I get an RMIT extension instead of special consideration?

Yes. RMIT runs extensions of time separately from special consideration, and an extension is the right route when you simply need more time to submit. Special consideration is for assessments already sat, missed, or affected beyond what an extension fixes.

Unwell before an RMIT assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Impact Assessment Statement RMIT asks for.

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