{"id":417,"date":"2022-01-03T18:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ese-tst.syr.edu\/soar\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:02:58","slug":"medical-leave-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/student-support\/medical-leave-of-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Leave of Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A medical leave of absence (MLOA) is an action initiated by a student to leave the University for medical, psychological and\/or substance abuse-related conditions when the conditions are impacting their ability to function safely or successfully in the University environment. A student wishing to take a MLOA must first discuss their request with a case manager by calling <a href=\"tel:+13154434357\">315.443.4357 (HELP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  \n<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/make-an-appointment\/\" class='button margin-bottom margin-right button-secondary' style=\"display: inline-block\"  >\n  \n  Make an Appointment\n      <span class=\"icon-right\">\n      <i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n  \n<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/make-a-referral\/\" class='button margin-bottom margin-right button-secondary' style=\"display: inline-block\"  >\n  \n  Make a Referral\n      <span class=\"icon-right\">\n      <i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n  \n<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/about\/contact\/\" class='button margin-bottom button-secondary' style=\"display: inline-block\"  >\n  \n  Contact Us\n      <span class=\"icon-right\">\n      <i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important to Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The date that a student makes the request to the University for a MLOA will be the effective date of the MLOA. Any request for MLOA made after the withdrawal deadline will result in the student receiving failing grades (i.e., a letter grade of &#8220;F&#8221;) unless there are extenuating circumstances as reviewed and deemed as such by appropriate health and wellness designee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your medical leave is related to physical health or mental health concerns, additional information about the MLOA process, including required documentation, can be found on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/bewell\/primary-health-care\/#health-care-billing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/bewell\/primary-health-care\/#health-care-billing\">Barnes Center at The Arch website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medical leave of absence (MLOA) is an action initiated by a student to leave the University for medical, psychological and\/or substance abuse-related conditions when the conditions are impacting their ability to function safely or successfully in the University environment. A student wishing to take a MLOA must first discuss their request with a case&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":1050,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","featured-nav-header"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions\/1680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/student-outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}