Maine dentists excluded from state vaccination mandate: 4 things to know

Maine's updated COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare providers issued Nov. 11 no longer includes dental professionals, the Portland Press Herald reported.

Four things to know:

  1. The previous version of the state mandate, introduced in August, gave healthcare workers, including dentists and emergency medical service personnel, until Oct. 29 to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
  2. The mandate was revised to exclude dental professionals and emergency medical service workers after feedback from healthcare professionals.
  3. While state legislators faced some opposition from the dental industry when the mandate was announced, the Maine Dental Association said it fully supported it.
  4. Jeanne Lambrew, commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, said the state reviewed data on COVID-19 outbreaks and found an absence of them in dental facilities.

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