District of Columbia § 5-655 Disqualification from presumption as to disability or death.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 5-655 — Disqualification from presumption as to disability or death.

District of Columbia·Title 5 Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.·Ch. 6A Police and Firefighters Limited Duty.·Subch. II Fire and Emergency Medical Services Employee Presumptive Disability.

A member or an EMS employee shall be disqualified from a presumption under this subchapter if:

(1)Any standard, medically recognized vaccine or other form of immunization or prophylaxis exists for the prevention of any injury or illness for which a presumption is established under this subchapter , if medically indicated by the given circumstances pursuant to immunization policies established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Public Health Service;

(2)The member or EMS employee is required by the Department to undergo the immunization or prophylaxis, unless the member or EMS employee has a written declaration from his or her physician stating that the immunization or prophylaxis would pose a significant risk to the person's health; and

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A member or an EMS employee shall be disqualified from a presumption under this subchapter if:

(1) Any standard, medically recognized vaccine or other form of immunization or prophylaxis exists for the prevention of any injury or illness for which a presumption is established under this subchapter , if medically indicated by the given circumstances pursuant to immunization policies established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Public Health Service;

(2) The member or EMS employee is required by the Department to undergo the immunization or prophylaxis, unless the member or EMS employee has a written declaration from his or her physician stating that the immunization or prophylaxis would pose a significant risk to the person's health; and

(3) The member or EMS employee has failed to or refused to undergo such immunization or prophylaxis.

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