Full Details on Montgomery County’s Proposed Vaccine Passport

Montgomery County has released details of its proposed vaccine passport. If passed, individuals 12 years and older will be required to provide proof of vaccination before entering restaurants, bars, movie theaters, concert venus, gyms and more. The proposal will be voted on by the Montgomery County Council later this month. Full details below:

•  Restaurants, bars and nightclub establishments includes restaurants and taverns, coffee shops and fast-food establishment that have seating if guests choose to sit down, breweries, wineries and distillery tasting rooms, mixed-use facilities, and food courts.
• Indoor entertainment establishments, includes nightclubs, pool and billiard halls, bowling alleys, hookah and cigar bars, concert venues, live entertainment and sporting venues, movie theatres, adult entertainment venues, botanical gardens, museums and galleries, aquariums, zoos, performing arts theaters, arcades, indoor play areas, and other recreational game centers.
•  Indoor exercise and recreational establishments, includes indoor portions of standalone and hotel gyms and fitness centers, gyms and fitness centers in higher education institutions, yoga, Pilates, barre, dance studios, boxing/kickboxing gyms, fitness boot camps, indoor pools, CrossFit or other plyometric boxes, and other facilities used for conducting group fitness classes.
• Indoor event and meeting establishments, includes hotel common rooms, banquet halls, conference centers meeting facilities, convention centers, exhibition halls, auditoriums.
• Any other indoor establishment designated by the Acting Health Officer of their designee. b. Effective February 1, 2022, all provisions in 1.a. shall apply to a guest, visitor, or customer five (5) to eleven (11) years old.

• Houses of worship
• Grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and food service establishments providing charitable food services.
• Pharmacies, medical offices, urgent care centers, or hospitals
• Big box stores and retail establishments where people tend to be in motion and not standing or seated in close proximity to others for long periods of time.
• Private meeting spaces in residences or office buildings
• Facilities relating to governmental regulation, licensing, administrative hearings, judicial proceedings, law enforcement, the provision of legal services, and the Department of Motor Vehicles;
• Facilities relating to essential human services such as warming and cooling centers, day service facilities for homeless persons, shelters serving homeless persons or victims of domestic violence;
• Polling places during elections;
• Pre-kindergarten through grade twelve (12) public and non-public schools;
• Child-care programs;
• Senior centers and community centers; 
• Such other facilities as exempted by the County’s Health Officer or their designee; or as otherwise indicated by this Order.
• If an exempt facility conducts a non-exempt activity, the vaccine requirement shall apply. (For example, if a house of worship is rented for a non-religious purpose, the vaccine requirement applies. If a retail bookstore hosts a seated event, proof of vaccination shall be required to enter the area where people will be closely congregated for a prolonged time.)