To-do list for off-campus COVID-19 testing

Now that SUNY’s weekly COVID-19 testing requirement is in effect, the College has expanded capacity and is able to conduct thousands of on-campus tests every week.

While on-campus testing will be the easiest and most efficient way for most students, faculty and staff to meet SUNY’s testing requirement, we realize some members of our community may prefer to get tested off campus.

Here are some quick tips to follow to make sure that your off-campus test gets synced to your SUNY New Paltz COVID-19 profile, so you’re in compliance with SUNY’s rules and have clearance to be on campus:

1. Make sure the off-campus test is a PCR test
   Most kinds of “rapid” COVID-19 tests are antigen or antibody tests, not PCR, and these types of tests do not meet SUNY’s standards for accuracy, especially when the tested individual is asymptomatic
2. Get a digital or physical copy of your test results, and submit them to the College as soon as possible
   Students should email their test results to healthservice@newpaltz.edu
   Faculty & staff should email their test results to benefits@newpaltz.edu
3. Take precautions while you wait for your test results
   If you are symptomatic or have a close contact with someone infected with COVID-19, you should self-quarantine, monitor your health, and keep your phone close for calls from the testing agency or the health department, until your results are confirmed.

Need additional info about on-campus testing this spring? Visit our New Paltz Forward site for directions, FAQs and much more.