§ 63-1-728e. Discrimination - Circumstances - Prohibitions.  


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  • A.  No health care facility, school, or employer shall discriminate against any person with regard to admission, hiring or firing, tenure, term, condition, or privilege of employment, student status, or staff status on the ground that the person refuses or states an intention to refuse, whether or not in writing, to participate in an activity specified in Section 3 of this act, if the refusal is based on religious or moral precepts.

    B.  No person shall be required to:

    1.  Participate in an activity specified in Section 3 of this act if the individual’s participation in the activity is contrary to the person’s religious beliefs or moral convictions;

    2.  Make facilities available for an individual to participate in an activity specified in Section 3 of this act if the person prohibits the activity from taking place in the facilities on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions; or

    3.  Provide any personnel to participate in an activity specified in Section 3 of this act if the activity is contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of the personnel.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 47, § 5, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.