D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B231

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B231 - EXEMPTIONS FROM COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS

231.1

A person who is otherwise required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to §230 shall be exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement if the person is granted an exemption from a healthcare facility governed by §11200 of Subtitle B (Public Health and Medicine) of Title 22 (Health) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations ("DCMR") that has hired, employed, contracted with, or granted privileges or credentials to the individual, for one of the following reasons:

(a) The person objects in good faith and in writing that the person's vaccination against COVID-19 would violate a sincerely held religious belief and the vaccination would in fact violate a sincerely held religious belief of the person;

(b) The person has obtained and submitted written certification from a physician, or other licensed health professional who may order an immunization, that being vaccinated against COVID-19 is medically inadvisable due to the person's medical condition and it is in fact medically inadvisable for the person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to the person's medical condition. If the condition making the vaccine medically inadvisable is temporary, the physician or other licensed health professional should specify in the certification the date on which, or the change in condition upon which, taking the vaccine would no longer be medically inadvisable; or

(c) The person has submitted documentation showing that the person has received a COVID-19 vaccine or a course of vaccination approved by the World Health Organization.

231.2

A person requesting an exemption pursuant to §231.1 must submit documentation to the healthcare facility governed by §11200 of Subtitle B (Public Health and Medicine) of Title 22 (Health) of the DCMR that has hired, employed, contracted with, or granted privileges or credentials to the individual, that satisfactorily demonstrates that the exemption is warranted.

231.3

An exemption requested pursuant to §231.1 shall be effective upon a written document issued by a healthcare facility governed by §11200 of Subtitle B (Public Health and Medicine) of Title 22 (Health) of the DCMR that has hired, employed, contracted with, or granted privileges or credentials to the individual, granting the exemption.

231.4

An exemption for the COVID-19 vaccination previously granted by the Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, or his or her designee, prior to the effective date of this rulemaking, shall remain effective for two (2) years after it is granted. Thereafter, a person who is otherwise required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to §230 shall be exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement if the person is granted an exemption from a healthcare facility governed by §11200 of Subtitle B (Public Health and Medicine) of Title 22 (Health) of the DCMR that has hired, employed, contracted with, or granted privileges or credentials to the individual.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B231

Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 13014 (12/10/2021); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 2436 (2/24/2023)