Religious Complaints Against Hospitals Prompt HHS Warning (1)

Hospitals must continue to provide religious accommodations to their workers and patients during the pandemic, the HHS said Tuesday, resolving two complaints before its Office for Civil Rights.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ civil rights office resolved a complaint against the Staten Island University Hospital after a medical student was told he needed to shave his beard to wear an N95 mask and return to rotations. The student’s religion required that he not shave his beard, according to the complaint.

The agency also resolved a complaint against the Prince George’s Hospital Center of the University of Maryland Medical ...