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

A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the Medical Certificate UniSC asks for.

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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 UniSC.

UniSC special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

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

  • UniSC's Medical Certificate, completed by the doctor
  • 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 UniSC checks. One call covers them.

What UniSC 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 UniSC can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    Certificate dated before or on the exam day; the application lodged before the examination or within three working days after it. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why UniSC 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 UniSC 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 UniSC? Start here.

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

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts and tell them the exam date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell UniSC 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

    UniSC needs its own form

    The doctor completes the Medical Certificate on the call. Have your assessment details ready.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    UniSC handles it through deferred examination and special consideration.

From unwell to lodged at UniSC

UniSC's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    See a doctor while unwell

    A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.

  2. 02

    Lodge your application

    Certificate dated before or on the exam day; the application lodged before the examination or within three working days after it.

  3. 03

    Attach your evidence

    The Medical Certificate, from the doctor.

  4. 04

    Keep the verification link

    UniSC may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.

UniSC special consideration form and deadline

The doctor issues UniSC's Medical Certificate on the call. You lodge it with your application.

UniSC policies checked 23 October 2026

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

    The form

    Medical Certificate. The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    Certificate dated before or on the exam day; the application lodged before the examination or within three working days after it. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    UniSC's deferred examination procedures do not address telehealth or online certificates. What they do rule on is the content and timing of the document: it must be UniSC's own medical certificate, dated before or on the exam day, and non-specific statements such as the patient was experiencing a medical condition are not accepted.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    A tick that you were medically unfit, rather than a non-specific statement that you had a medical condition. When the practitioner examined you, when the illness started and ended, and its severity as a medical opinion.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    A certificate that only reports your own account of being unwell is not accepted. The practitioner must give their own assessment. Wording along the lines of unfit for work is refused. The certificate must speak to your fitness to sit the examination.

One consultation, three UniSC outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Deferred examination

A deferred examination lets you sit the paper at a later date when illness stopped you sitting it as scheduled. Submit the Application for Deferred Examination with UniSC's medical certificate attached.

Special consideration

Special consideration applies when you sat the examination but short term illness or exceptional circumstances outside your control affected your performance. You apply for a review of your final grade on this basis once the grade is released, rather than before the exam.

Exemption from penalties for late submission

If illness makes an assessment task late, you can ask for an exemption from the late submission penalty on medical grounds. UniSC's medical certificate must be completed before or on the due date.

UniSC special consideration FAQs

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

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Does UniSC accept online medical certificates?

UniSC's published procedures do not address telehealth or online certificates. They rule on the document instead: it must be UniSC's own certificate, carry the practitioner's own assessment rather than your account, and be dated before or on the exam day.

What is the UniSC deferred exam deadline?

The application can be lodged before the examination or within three working days after it. The certificate itself must be dated before or on the exam day, so the doctor's appointment has the earlier deadline.

Why was my UniSC medical certificate rejected?

The three common reasons are a certificate dated after the exam, a non-specific statement that you had a medical condition without the practitioner assessing you as medically unfit, and wording that says unfit for work rather than unfit to sit the examination.

Does my UniSC certificate have to name my condition?

Only with your consent. The certificate can name the condition where you have agreed to it, or state that it cannot be revealed. What it cannot do is leave out the practitioner's assessment of your fitness and the period involved.

How do I apply for special consideration at UniSC?

If you sat the examination but your performance was affected by short term illness or exceptional circumstances outside your control, apply for a review of your final grade on special consideration grounds after the grade is released. If illness stopped you sitting at all, apply for a deferred examination instead.

Unwell before a UniSC assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the Medical Certificate UniSC asks for.

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