Overview
All students requiring a background check and drug screen must complete the process through Advantage Students. Students who already have a completed report may only need to share their report with the appropriate organizations.
Step 1: Create Your Advantage Students Account
To create or access your account, visit: Advantage Students
Select Create An Account and complete all required fields.
Email Address Requirements
MCG Students
Visiting (VSLO) Students
Next Step: What Do You Need To Do?
Option A: I Need to Order a Background Check and Drug Screen
Place Your Order
Choose:
Important: Select Augusta University and NOT Medical College of Georgia.
Step 2: Connect Advantage Students to ACEMAPP
From your ACEMAPP student homepage:
Schedule Your Drug Screen
Once your order has been processed and payment has been received, you will receive an email containing a link to schedule your drug screening.
You can also access this link from the Needs Attention card in your Advantage Students account.
Scheduling Instructions
Background Check Completion
You will receive an email notification once your background check has been completed.
After receiving notification, you must share your report with Wellstar Health System.
Option B: I Already Have a Completed Report
If you already have a completed background check in Advantage Students, you may not need to place a new order.
Instead, verify that your report has been shared with both Augusta University AND Wellstar Health System.
Share Your Existing Report
Click the Share icon.
Share With Augusta University
Choose:
Share With Wellstar Health System
Choose:
No. Always select Augusta University when completing your order.
Yes. The Student Package includes both requirements.
After your order has been processed, you will receive an email containing scheduling instructions. The same link will also appear in the Needs Attention section of your Advantage Students account.
Yes. A completed report must be shared with all required organizations, including:
The background check requirement will not show as satisfied until both of the following are complete:
If your background check is complete but your drug screen is still pending, the requirement will remain unsatisfied until the drug screening process is finalized.
Drug screen results may take up to one week to be reported.
Students should place their order and schedule their drug screening as early as possible to avoid delays in meeting credentialing deadlines.
Important: Do not wait until the deadline to schedule your drug screen. Processing times vary and may take up to one week after specimen collection.
A negative-dilute result occurs when the laboratory determines that the sample is too diluted for Wellstar's requirements.
A negative-dilute result is considered a valid laboratory result and is not a laboratory error.
However, Wellstar requires all negative-dilute results to be retested.
Yes. Students are responsible for the cost of a negative-dilute retest.
An insufficient sample is different from a negative-dilute result.
If the collection site reports an insufficient sample:
No. An insufficient sample may be retaken at no additional cost.
If you need to:
Contact the Medical Review Office (MRO):
Phone: 800-800-3774
The Medical Review Office is responsible for reviewing positive results and obtaining any supporting medical information before a final determination is made.
✅ Created an Advantage Students account
✅ Connected Advantage Students to ACEMAPP
✅ Ordered the Student Package (if required)
✅ Completed drug screening
✅ Received background check completion notice
✅ Shared report with Augusta University
✅ Shared report with Wellstar Health System