You may choose to require the COVID-19 vaccine for your staff. The Washington State Department of Health cannot give legal advice. If you decide to have a COVID-19 vaccine policy, please consult with your legal counsel.

Staff must be fully vaccinated (with the exception of those who have been granted exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine or for those staff for whom the COVID-19 vaccination must be temporarily delayed, as recommended by CDC).

If an employer determines, based on evidence, that an unvaccinated employee presents a direct threat to the health and safety of persons in the workplace that cannot be reduced or eliminated through a reasonable accommodation, the employer can exclude the employee from the workplace.

On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration implemented Executive Order (E.O.) 14043. This E.O. required federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 8, 2021, or risk removal or termination from their federal employment.

Of the 17 states that introduced COVID-19 vaccine mandates for HCWs in mid-2021, we included 16 states in the mandate group (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington, DC) and ...

Washington state law allows parents or guardians to exempt their child from the school or childcare immunization requirements by claiming personal/philosophical, religious, or medical reasons. (MMR may not be exempted for personal/philosophical reasons.)

The primary source of requests for exceptions to mandatory vaccination policies appear to be religious requests under Title VII. Title VII protects all aspects of religious observance, practice, and beliefs. This includes sincerely held religious beliefs that are new, uncommon, or not even part of an organized sect.

A sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance that conflicts with an individual's ability to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

All states allow exemptions for medical reasons, and almost all states (except California, Mississippi and West Virginia) grant religious or philosophical exemptions for people who have sincerely held beliefs that prohibit immunizations.

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There are no requirements for state employees, contractors or volunteers regarding COVID-19 vaccination at executive cabinet and small cabinet agency worksites. Employers are entitled to ask how an employee's religious beliefs conflict with a COVID19 vaccination requirement.This access must also be free from discriminatory barriers that limit a communities' ability to receive vaccinations because of race, color, or national origin. Possibly, depending upon location, workplace and industry. An employer whose onsite nurse refuses, for religious reasons, to administer a COVID19 vaccination must offer the employee a reasonable accommodation. An employer whose onsite nurse refuses, for religious reasons, to administer a COVID19 vaccination must offer the employee a reasonable accommodation. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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