D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-569

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Rule 29-569 - EXEMPTIONS FROM MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL

569.1 A person who is otherwise required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to § 568 shall be exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement if the person files a request for an exemption with the Director in accordance with § 569.3, and is granted the request, 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; or

(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.

569.2 A person who is otherwise required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to § 568 may be granted an exemption from the requirement if the person files a request for an exemption with the Director in accordance with § 569.3, and is granted the request, based on the person's vaccination outside the United States with a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the World Health Organization.

569.3 A person requesting an exemption pursuant to § 569.1 or § 569.2 must submit documentation to the Director, or his or her designee, that satisfactorily demonstrates that the exemption is warranted.

569.4 An exemption requested pursuant to § 569.1 or § 569.2 shall be effective upon a written document issued by the Director, or his or her designee, granting the exemption.

569.5 An exemption granted pursuant to § 569.1(a) shall be effective for one (1) year after it is granted and may be renewed annually for additional terms of one (1) year.

569.6 An exemption granted pursuant to § 569.1(b) that includes a date on which taking the vaccine would no longer be medically inadvisable, shall be effective until thirty (30) days after the specified date.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-569

Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 2474 (3/25/2022)