Re: Smallpox Vaccination Compensation

[Guest guest]

I take this to mean military personnel would not fit the criteria,

considering they are not listed as a category that falls into a " smallpox

vaccine recipient " , and cannot " volunteer " ....

How to Request Benefits

HHS Secretary Tommy G. announced an interim final rule that

describes eligibility criteria and the process for requesting benefits on

December 11, 2003.

d.. Press release: HHS Issues Rules for Smallpox Vaccine Injury

Compensation

To be eligible, an individual must be a:

a.. Smallpox Vaccine Recipient, defined as:

a.. a health care worker, law enforcement officer, firefighter,

security personnel, emergency medical personnel, other public safety

personnel, or support personnel for such occupational specialties who has

volunteered and been selected to be a member of a smallpox emergency

response plan prior to the time at which the Secretary publicly announces

that an active case of smallpox has been identified within or outside of the

United States;

b.. who is or will be functioning in a role identified in an

HHS-approved smallpox emergency response plan (a Plan);

c.. to whom a smallpox vaccine is administered pursuant to a

Plan during the effective period of the Declaration.