Workers’ Compensation: Medical Treatment Authorization and Facilities
EMPLOYEES
If you have experienced a work-related injury, and need medical treatment, please contact your supervisor (or the Workers’ Compensation office at 893-8050) for authorization. If you wish to see your personal physician, you must have previously completed the Designation of Personal Physician for Workers’ Compensation form and have it on file in the Workers’ Compensation Office in Business Services. Please inform the treating physician and other appropriate medical facility staff that the injury occurred while working. For further information, see the UCSB Employee’s Guide to Workers’ Compensation, or call the Workers’ Compensation office at 893-8050.
SUPERVISORS
During normal work hours (M-F, 8-5); please call the Workers’ Compensation office to obtain authorization for initial medical treatment for non-emergency injuries at 893-8050. If an injury occurs outside of normal work hours, contact the Workers’ Compensation office by phone in one working day. See Workers’ Compensation Injury Reporting Procedure for complete reporting instructions.
For serious injuries not threatening to life or limb, urgent care is available on a walk-in basis at the following facilities:
* Click on link for address, phone, and map.
EMERGENCY
If the situation is immediately threatening to life or limb, get emergency care.
On Campus: dial 9-911 for paramedic assistance.
Off Campus: use the nearest available medical facility for care.
Emergency Medical Facility |
Days |
Hours |
|
All |
24 hours |
|
All |
24 hours |
* Click on link for address, phone, and map.
Occupational Medicine Center |
Sansum Clinic
101 S. Patterson
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 |
Hours: |
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
|
Phone: |
805-898-3311 |
Web: |
http://www.sansumclinic.org/ |

| Urgent Care/Hitchcock Branch |
Sansum Clinic
51 Hitchcock
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
|
Hours: |
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, 9:00 AM - 3:00 pm
(USE ONLY WHEN PATTERSON OFFICE IS CLOSED) |
Phone: |
805-563-6110 |
Web: |
http://www.sansumclinic.org/ |

| Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital |
351 S. Patterson Ave.
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 |
Hours: |
Open 24 hours
|
Phone: |
805-967-3411 |
Web: |
http://cottagehealthsystem.org |

