Students who, because of a genuine reason such as illness, are unable to sit the end-of- semester\u00a0examination(s) should submit a medical certificate issued by the Chief Medical Officer\u00a0(CMO)\/University Medical Officer (UMO) of the University of Colombo or a valid Medical\u00a0Certificate recommended by the CMO\/UMO within a week of the date of the missed\u00a0<\/b>examination, along with the perfected form issued by the IDC. <\/b>Only MCs recommended by\u00a0the CMO\/UMO will be accepted by the Faculty. The CU(s) will then be considered incomplete.\u00a0\u00a0When the CU(s) is offered again, students can sit for the end-of-semester examination and
\ncomplete the CU(s) at a future date without hindering their prospects for a class. Therefore, the\u00a0IDC urges all undergraduates to take utmost care in the matter of submitting MC(s), in order to\u00a0minimize\/avoid inconvenience.<\/p>\n
The UMO will consider MCs issued only by a government Hospital\/District Medical Officer. MCs\u00a0issued by private medical practitioners will be considered only in the case of medical leave for\u00a0<\/b>less than five (05) days. <\/b>In such a situation, students are required to forward MCs to CMO\/UMO\u00a0with the form issued by the IDC within seven (07) days of the last date of recommended\u00a0<\/b>medical leave. <\/b>In addition, the CMO\/UMO may request documents, such as receipt of payments\u00a0for the MC from a Government Hospital, prescription(s) of the medicine taken, test reports if any,\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n