Tool: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
It behooves you to ensure that lab workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect not only themselves but also co-workers, patients and others at your facility. But what if workers neglect or just plain refuse to be vaccinated? There are two basic options: Option 1: Require lab workers to be vaccinated Option 2: Encourage lab workers to be vaccinated voluntarily Here’s a Model Policy you can use to implement Option 1. For a Model Voluntary Policy, see page X; and for an analysis of the legal implications of mandatory v. voluntary vaccination policies, see the related story on page X.
It behooves you to ensure that lab workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect not only themselves but also co-workers, patients and others at your facility. But what if workers neglect or just plain refuse to be vaccinated? There are two basic options:
- Option 1: Require lab workers to be vaccinated
- Option 2: Encourage lab workers to be vaccinated voluntarily
Here’s a Model Policy you can use to implement Option 1. For a Model Voluntary Policy, see page X; and for an analysis of the legal implications of mandatory v. voluntary vaccination policies, see the related story on page X.
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