Reporting and Testing

If a student is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, they should isolate in their room and notify Health Services.

• Until the testing results are returned, the student should return to their home or to an assigned isolation room, and avoid close contact with others on campus.
• If the results are positive for COVID-19, the student should, if living within a three-hour radius, return to their home immediately.
• For students living over three hours away, they will be required to be in isolation before vacating campus within 24 hours. Students from out-of-state requiring a flight will enter an isolation room on campus.
• If a residential student is identified as a contact of a confirmed positive COVID-19 case, they will be asked to quarantine at their home. If a residential student is exposed to or tests positive on campus and they cannot relocate to their home due to significant circumstances, Regis College will make accommodations for this student on campus as Regis has designated a certain number of rooms for students who may need to quarantine or isolate.

In collaboration with the Local Boards of Health (LBOH), Health Services has developed a comprehensive internal plan and will be involved in all aspects of the contact tracing efforts on campus in an effort to quickly identify any close contacts of someone who tests positive for COVID-19.

• Health Services will initiate an internal identification process to bridge the gap between result time and LBOH notification.
• Any member of the Regis community that has been in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will be contacted by a member of the Health Services team, as well as the LBOH to review the next steps.

Student Isolation

A limited amount of isolation rooms are available for use by students who have tested positive for COVID-19.

• Isolation rooms have private restroom facilities.
• There will be daily scheduled food delivery for students in isolation housing.
• Regis Health Services, in collaboration with the Local Board of Health and student affairs staff, will provide ongoing monitoring of isolated students.
  • Students in on-campus isolation will not be allowed access to the larger community.
  • Students are expected to remain in isolation for a minimum of 10 days unless otherwise directed by the Local Board of Health.

Residence Staff Isolation

In a case where a residential staff person has tested positive for COVID-19, they will be required to isolate in their apartments, per CDC and local Board of Health guidelines. They may return to work once medically cleared by the local Board of Health and Health Services.

Student Quarantine

Students who have had close contact with a confirmed positive COVID-19 case will be required to quarantine, as per CDC and Local Board of Health guidelines, and not be in public spaces. These students will be able to quarantine on campus in specific rooms. Regis will require the students in quarantine, either on campus or at home, to be tested in accordance with CDC and local Board of Health guidelines. Students will remain in quarantine until cleared by Regis College or their local Board of Health.

Residence Staff Quarantine

In a case where a residential staff member who have had close contact with a confirmed positive COVID-19 case, they will be required to quarantine in their apartment on campus.

Students, and their family members, arriving on campus from high-risk states from outside of Massachusetts (as determined by Governor Baker’s Travel Order) or internationally are required to provide written confirmation of a negative COVID-19 PCR test administered up to 72 hours prior to arriving to Massachusetts. For information on approved testing locations by state, please visit the CDC website.

For all travel into and outside of Massachusetts, it is your responsibility to know and understand the COVID-19 travel guidelines of your destination, since these may differ from the Massachusetts guidelines. Please remember that any individual who does engage in personal travel outside of Massachusetts is responsible for complying with the Massachusetts Travel order.

Results should be emailed to health.services@regiscollege.edu prior to students’ departure for campus. Please include in the subject line of the email the name of the student – COVID-19 Test Results. Documentation must be legible and in its entirety, including full name and date of birth. Documentation should also be brought to campus and presented upon arrival.

Students coming to campus from within Massachusetts and the states on the approved travel list are exempt from these additional requirements. These students will be tested when they arrive on campus and will follow Regis’ testing protocol.

If a residential student’s test result comes back positive for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their planned arrival on campus, they should not come to campus and should contact Regis Community Health Services and the Office of Residence Life immediately.

Residential students who are unable to obtain COVID-19 negative test results before coming to the campus will be tested upon arrival and remain in quarantine until test results are received. Unfortunately, family members who are unable to present a negative test result within 72 hours will not be permitted onto campus. Travel should be planned accordingly.