1. (1) Alabama employers may not require any employee to receive a vaccination as a condition of employment without providing the employee the opportunity to be exempted from the vaccination for religious or medical reasons.
2. (2) Alabama employers requiring a vaccination as a condition of employment shall be responsible for providing an exemption claim form to all its employees, along with instructions for submitting to the employer.
3. (3) Alabama Employers needing to provide an exemption claim form to its employees can locate a blank copy of the form at
   https://vaxexemption.alabama.gov.
4. (4) Once a completed exemption claim form is returned to the employer, the employer shall evaluate the request and liberally construe the employee’s eligibility for exemption in favor of the employee.
5. (5) The employer shall exempt vaccination as a condition of employment for any employee who has properly completed and submitted the exemption claim form.

Author: Joseph S. Ammons, General Counsel

Statutory Authority: Alabama Act 2021-561.

History: New Rule: Published January 31, 2022; effective March 17, 2022.