What is acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination?
Generally, the following documents, including copies or mobile application screenshots, are acceptable proof of vaccination if the documentation includes the name of the vaccine recipient and date of administration:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card issued by the vaccination site to the person who received the vaccine.
- Official record from the State Immunization Information System (IIS) or other State immunization registry.
- A record from a healthcare system or healthcare provider’s patient portal, signed by the treating healthcare provider, that documents vaccination by the healthcare system or healthcare provider. A healthcare provider is typically a:
- Licensed physician
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician assistant
- Registered nurse
- Pharmacist
- A record from a healthcare provider’s medical record system (including a patient portal) that is either a:
- Vaccine Administration Record from the facility where the vaccine was administered that includes the:
- Vaccine administered
- Vaccination date
- Vaccine lot number
- Vaccination Administration Record from a facility other than where the vaccine was administered that includes the:
- Vaccine administered
- Vaccination date
- Vaccine lot number
- Healthcare provider order for COVID-19 vaccination that is signed as administered
- The vaccine administration is noted in the medical record by the treating healthcare providers (not the vaccine administrators) in the context of an adverse event meeting the following criteria:
- The adverse event immediately follows the vaccination.
- The adverse event results in emergent healthcare.
- The person who received the vaccine is transported via ambulance from a vaccination site to a hospital.
- Vaccine Administration Record from the facility where the vaccine was administered that includes the:
- A military immunization or health record from the United States Armed Forces
- Documentation of a COVID-19 vaccine dispensed from a pharmacy to the person receiving the vaccine
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