Report Outlines Trends in Health Worker Vaccinations Laws; Model Law

Researchers from George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., have published a report outlining trends in state laws mandating healthcare employee vaccination and recommendations for a "model law" for states.

 



A review of state laws revealed the following:

•    Twenty states have laws that address mandatory influenza vaccination of certain categories of the health workforce.

•    All the laws define the healthcare employer that must comply with the law; although few states have included both acute-care hospitals and residential care facilities.

•    Most of the laws require employers to allow healthcare employees to decline vaccination by signing a declination statement for a medical contraindication or conflicts due to a religious belief.

The researchers also established a "model law" that states could implement. This law would incorporate six elements: a broad definition of the affected employee, a broad definition of the affected employer, healthcare employer obligations, an identified exemption policy, healthcare employee obligations and an identified standard of care.

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