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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3878 By: Lepak
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to employers and employees; requiring
mandatory employer vaccination policies to include
certain exemptions; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergen cy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3402 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, re ads as follows:
A. If an employer requires any vacc ination as a prerequisite
for employment, such employer shall be required to offer exemptions
from the mandatory vaccination requirements. The exemptions shall
include:
1. An individual having a bona fide, sincerely held religious
belief which opposes vaccination;
2. A certificate of a licensed physician as defined in Section
725.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, stating the physical
condition of the individual is such that immunizatio n would endanger
the life or health of the individual; or
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3. A written statement by the individual objecting to
immunization; whereupon the individual shall be exempt from the
immunization rules of an employer-mandated vaccination polic y.
B. There shall be no justification evidence needed to be
granted such exemptions.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
58-2-9055 KN 12/20/21