Thread by @petermbenglish

Hi, @djnichol!

There's no law saying that you must be vaccinated against hepatitis B if you're a healthcare worker. Not per se.

But there is a duty or care to patients; and the risk of liability if you infect them through failure to get vaccinated.
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There is a duty on the individual, and on the body employing them; so it may be that the employer will make it a requirement (at least for HCWs undertaking Exposure-prone procedures).

And there's a professional duty under GMP for doctors (and likely equivalent for others)…
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So you risk losing your registration/license to practice if you don't get vaccinated against Hepatitis B and do a job which involves undertaking EPPs.
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All of which amounts to a legal framework in which, despite there being no specific "you must be vaccinated against hep B" law, there is, in effect a legal obligation to be vaccinated against hepatitis B if the job involves undertaking EPPs.
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(An EPP - exposure prone procedure - is one in which a HCW risk transferring a blood-borne infection to a patient.)
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