What to Expect - Visitors | Environmental Health & Safety

Visitors on Campus

If you are not a UC Riverside student or employee, please connect with your university point of contact for specific health and safety precautions that should be taken before coming to campus.

Safety protocols for affiliates visitors have been established in alignment with county and state guidelines.

For any potential COVID19 exposure you can check the UCR Dashboard.

Please do not visit the campus if you have:

Experienced COVID-19 symptoms in the past 10 days
Tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days

If you cannot come to campus for a student-led tour, several video and virtual campus tours are available on our campus tours website.

Please continue to visit the UCR COVID-19 site site for updated information with specifics about operations on campus.

COVID-19 Protocols at a Glance

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

The chart below applies to:

Students: Those living, learning, or working on campus at a UCR property at least one day a week.
Employees: Staff, faculty, instructors, or third-party personnel working or teaching on campus or at a UCR property at least one day a week.
Visitors and Guests: Members of the general public visiting campus or UCR facilities or attending events on campus; guests invited to campus for events or meetings.

For more information on each protocol, click the link in the left-hand column.

Protocol	Students	Employees	Guests & Visitors
Vaccinations	New policy: Confirm you are up to date or opt-out via the student patient portal.	New policy: confirm you are up to date or opt out via the employee patient portal.	Not required.
Face masks	Recommended indoors. Optional outdoors.	Recommended indoors. Optional outdoors.	Recommended indoors. Optional Outdoors.
COVID -19Testing	Not required (but still available).	Not required (but still available).	Not required.
COVID-19 Reporting	Report to student patient portal.	Report to COVID Screening Check.	Not required.
Isolation (following positive test)	Required (with possible early release based on improvement of symptoms).	Required (with possible early release based on improvement of symptoms).	Follow California Department of Public Health guidance.
Quarantine/ Close contact (following exposure)	Not required if asymptomatic.	Not required if asymptomatic.	Follow California Department of Public Health guidance.
Campus Outbreak(s)	Not required.	Follow Notice of Workplace COVID-19 Outbreak Notice – that will include testing and masking.	Not required.

Note: Those who work in UCR Health clinic areas (including medical, dental, and nursing clinics) must follow COVID-19 protocols for healthcare settings. However, those who work in both clinical and non-clinical settings must also comply with these campus protocols when outside of the health care environment.