University of Tasmania
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate to attach to your UTAS application.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my UTAS consultUTAS's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through Submitted directly to the relevant school.
As soon as possible after the completion of the examination. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
UTAS's Ask Us guidance on exam special consideration does not address consultation modality. It asks for appropriate supporting documentation with the form and notes that a medical certificate on its own does not guarantee a deferred exam is approved.
The date you were seen and the period you were affected. That the condition affected your ability to sit or perform in the examination.
A certificate is supporting documentation, not a decision. UTAS states that having a medical certificate does not guarantee a deferred examination will be approved; the outcome rests with the lecturer and school. Forms go directly to the relevant school with the documentation attached, rather than through a central online portal.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UTAS, from its published policy.
Start my UTAS consultUTAS's published exam forms material does not address consultation modality. It asks for appropriate supporting documentation with the form. Since the University neither permits nor excludes telehealth, a certificate backed by a real consultation is the safer choice.
UTAS asks for forms to be submitted as soon as possible after the completion of the examination, rather than publishing a fixed number of days. In practice that means before marking is finalised, so lodge it without waiting for your result.
It is the UTAS form used when you sat an examination while disadvantaged by illness or other circumstances. It asks the lecturer to take those circumstances into account when marking. It is submitted to the relevant school with supporting documentation.
Not automatically. UTAS states that having a medical certificate does not guarantee that a deferred examination will be approved, and that the decision is at the discretion of the lecturer and school. The certificate is evidence, not an entitlement.
Directly to the relevant school, with the supporting documentation attached, rather than through a central online portal. The forms themselves are published on the UTAS exam and results forms page.
UTAS's process, in the order it happens.
A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.
As soon as possible after the completion of the examination.
The medical certificate after a real-time doctor call.
UTAS may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.
What the certificate must state, and what gets it refused.
The date you were seen and the period you were affected. That the condition affected your ability to sit or perform in the examination. That the period covered includes the examination date. The practitioner's name, AHPRA registration number, practice details and signature.
A certificate is supporting documentation, not a decision. UTAS states that having a medical certificate does not guarantee a deferred examination will be approved; the outcome rests with the lecturer and school. Forms go directly to the relevant school with the documentation attached, rather than through a central online portal. The special consideration form is for an exam you sat while disadvantaged. A deferred examination, where you could not sit at all, is a separate form on the same page. There is no fixed number of days published, but as soon as possible after the exam means before marking is finalised, so do not wait for results.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
This applies where you sat the examination but illness or other circumstances disadvantaged your performance. The form asks your lecturer to take the circumstances into account when marking.
Where illness stopped you sitting the exam at all, a deferred examination is the right application rather than special consideration in marking. UTAS is explicit that a certificate does not guarantee approval, so the documentation needs to show the impact clearly.
For coursework rather than exams, an extension moves the submission date. It is handled by your unit coordinator or school rather than through the exams forms page, and a dated certificate covering the due date supports the request.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate UTAS asks you to attach.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
