All registered UC Davis students are automatically enrolled in UC SHIP at the start of each new academic year.
If you are already covered by other health insurance, such as through an employer, your parents coverage, Covered California, or Medi-Cal, you can submit a waiver application to waive your enrollment in UC SHIP, and not be charged the UC SHIP Fee each term.
A new waiver application must be submitted prior to the start of each new academic year. Approved waivers are valid for the entire academic year.
If you do not currently have other health insurance coverage, but obtain coverage later in the year, you can submit a waiver application at that time, and have it applied to the remaining terms in the academic year.
Quarter Students
Semester Students (Law & Vet)
Programs with a Summer Start Date
If your program begins during the summer term (School of Education-Teaching Credential Program, Master of Public Health, School of Nursing), your program will provide you the waiver deadline date to have your waiver applied to summer term.
If you did not submit a waiver application, but would still like to, late waivers can be submitted using the pdf version of the waiver application . You can submit a completed late waiver application with your documentation via email to waiver@shcs.ucdavis.edu.
Please be advised that approved late waiver applications are subject to a $50 late waiver fee.
View the list of the current waiver criteria.
Find out how to appeal a denied waiver.
You will be required to upload copies of the front and back of your insurance ID card, a copy of the summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) for your insurance plan, and documentation from your insurance plan, dated within the last 30 days, that shows you are currently covered.
Documentation of coverage can be:
The preferred format when uploading documents is PDF.
You will be required to answer several questions about your current insurance coverage. It is recommended that you review the questions and gather all of the necessary information before submitting your application.
Based on the answers you provided, your waiver will be either tentatively approved, or denied. You will be notified of your waiver status as soon as you click submit.
If your waiver is tentatively approved, it will then be sent to the audit team, where the answers you provided on your application, and your current eligibility will be verified.
100% of waiver applications submitted go through the audit process.
If your waiver is approved after the audit process is complete, you will be notified by email to your UC Davis email account of the approval. Please save this email for your records!
If your waiver application is denied, either when you first submit it, or through the audit process, learn what to do next.
Students who have an approved waiver on file for the current academic year can elect to cancel their waiver and join UC SHIP at any time.
Students elect to cancel their waiver and join UC SHIP for many different reasons:
All you have to do to join UC SHIP is complete the Request to Cancel Waiver form, and submit it to the Insurance Services office at the Student Health and Wellness Center.
