In addition to complaints about unnecessary administrative work, the focus – as in the previous week – was that there is no nationwide solution for the exemptions.
“The platform is urgently needed to ensure a uniform procedure,” said Christine Haberlander (VP), the LH deputy responsible for health agendas. Coordination with other federal states is important. “For example, the possibility of duplicate applications in several countries must be prevented,” says Haberlander.
This is how registration works in Upper Austria
Since Monday, documents for examining a reason for exemption can be submitted on the state’s website (www.ooe.gv.at/corona-info.htm) under the menu item “Vaccination obligation”. For easier processing, a form “vaccination exemption for submission to the public health officer or epidemic doctor” is also available for download. It is recommended that you print this out so that the doctor treating you can fill it out and sign it. The form must be uploaded back to the platform together with the findings and certificates.
If the public health officer or epidemic doctor determines that there is an exceptional reason, those affected will receive confirmation of this. The processing time depends on how many epidemic doctors be available. The exemption from the obligation to vaccinate applies until the end of the month following the end of the reason for the exemption, such as the birth of a child or recovery from an illness.
Linz has its own platform
The Linz City Council has its own online system for people whose main place of residence is in Linz. The necessary certificates and findings can be uploaded online on the city’s own platform. For a confirmation to be issued by the public health officer or epidemic doctor, the persons concerned submit all the documents required to assess the existence of the reason for the exception. This is the only way to decide on a vaccination exemption. Appropriate medical reports are absolutely necessary for processing. Due to the large number of applications, no personal appointments can be made with public health officers, or only in exceptional cases. If the process is positive, the people of Linz who are applying will receive a corresponding confirmation within the next few weeks either electronically or by post.
Applications submitted in advance cannot be processed. If a personal need for clarification arises when processing a vaccination exemption, the official medical service of the city of Linz will contact the persons concerned directly.
Video: Exceptions to compulsory vaccination (Upper Austria today)
In Vienna You can apply for a vaccination exemption in three different ways: either you use the online form at “impfservice.wien”, you send an e-mail to “i-attest@ma15.wien.gv.at” or you contact us by post to MA 15, i.e. to the health department. Entry is already possible, as a spokesman for City Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ) told APA. Almost 50 people have already done so in the morning.
Those who opt for the variant via the vaccination service portal can also use the mobile phone signature. An exception reason must be specified in the system. Proof or medical certificates must also be uploaded. The authorized medical officers or epidemic doctors examine the application and decide whether there is an exceptional reason or not. The result of this test is sent to you by post or email.
The hacker office considers the fact that checks will be carried out from March 15 to be problematic. Anyone who has submitted an application but has not yet received a decision can assert this during an inspection. If an exceptional reason is then recognized, the procedure is discontinued. The administrative procedure in these cases is therefore an unnecessary administrative burden, they complain. From Vienna’s point of view, automated fines are also not feasible – at least not as long as the city cannot make an entry in ELGA. That is currently not possible, it said.
As long as these technical requirements are not met by the federal government, there can be no automated penalties, the hacker office emphasizes. The transfer to the ELGA system, which is still to be created, at a later date also represents a double administrative burden for the federal states. Because all cases have to be processed again, one criticizes.
Video: Apply for exemption online (Lower Austria today)
Also in Salzburg it would have been considered more expedient and practicable if the federal government, which had issued compulsory vaccination, had regulated the technical modalities of the exception and had provided a uniform solution. “We were amazed to find that the federal states now have to come up with their own solutions,” said a spokesman for Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) to the APA.
The state of Salzburg has its own data protection officer who is closely involved in the run-up to the processes. A form for assessing an exemption from compulsory vaccination is now available on the state’s website. Persons who are currently being treated in a hospital should be given the opportunity to register and confirm any existing vaccination exemption directly in the hospital. Everyone else can have a confirmation of an exemption from the obligation to vaccinate issued and registered by an epidemic doctor after diagnosis by their doctor (usually a specialist).
In Tyrol those responsible drew a positive initial balance early on Monday afternoon when asked by APA. There were no problems, 75 applications had already been submitted in the morning. In terms of data protection, the country referred to the Vaccination Act, which forms the legal basis for the online tool and defines which data is processed and who is responsible. It was emphasized that information on data protection would be displayed when the form was called up. Health Minister Annette Leja (ÖVP) had criticized the federal government last week and referred to the “numerous attempts by the states” to bring about a nationwide uniform solution.
In Vorarlberg By late Monday morning, 32 applications were recorded on the registration platform for the country’s exemption from compulsory vaccination. “So far everything has been running without problems,” said the state press office when asked by APA. The criticism that there is no nationwide platform was renewed: “That would have made more sense.”
in the Burgenland the announced platform for applications for exemption from the obligation to vaccinate went online on Monday. Those affected can upload their findings and certificates via the website e-government.bgld.gv.at/impfbefreiung, which are then checked by epidemic doctors. You will receive the result of the test by e-mail, according to the country’s coronavirus coordination staff. This system was developed because there is no nationwide solution. For Burgenland there is now a central point for exemption from the obligation to vaccinate with the platform.
Source: Nachrichten
