MFA WEST 2022 - COVID-19 Protocols

Health Pass by CLEAR

MFA encourages all attendees to download CLEAR to complete the one-time enrollment process to verify your entry requirements. You’ll be able to use Health Pass to confirm entry requirements before check-in at registration. Download CLEAR.

Health Pass by CLEAR Required

Health Pass by CLEAR, provides a secure, digital proof of COVID-related health insights via the free CLEAR mobile app. Complete your health screening with Health Pass by CLEAR at least 24 hours prior to checking in at the conference. Once your vaccination record has been uploaded to the platform, it can typically take up to 30 minutes for your status to be verified.

Download and enroll here.

Step 1: Download and enroll in CLEAR

1. Download the CLEAR app and tap on the white Health Pass tile.
2. Select “Have a Code?” and enter the code To Be Announced
3. Tap “Enroll or verify you’re in CLEAR” to create your CLEAR member account
   • New to CLEAR? When prompted, enter your email address, phone number, and have your gov’t issued photo ID ready to complete enrollment
   • Already a CLEAR member? Use the email address associated with your membership and snap a quick selfie to verify your identity
4. Continue to follow prompts on the Entry Requirements page to securely confirm your proof of vaccination

Step 2: Before arriving to the event, complete your Health Pass for faster entry at check-in

1. Open the CLEAR app and tap on the white Your Pass tile
2. Confirm your identity with a quick selfie
3. Tap “Open Health Pass” to get your result. Green means you’re good to go!

Need help? Call 855-CLEAR-ME or tap “Get in Touch” in the CLEAR app for assistance

Disclaimer: CLEAR will not share your specific data about your vaccination with the event organization.

MFA staff and vendors are fully vaccinated. MFA encourages all attendees to wear a mask, routinely wash/sanitize hands, and socially distance when possible.

• We are not mandating daily on-site testing for entry into the conference. Both rapid antigen testing and PCR testing (lab onsite) will be available to all attendees daily courtesy of MFA, but it is optional. If a registrant tests positive, they will be expected to follow current CDC guidelines, which require a minimum of 5 days of isolation following a positive test.
• Attendees with international travel to Los Angeles should refer to the State Department travel website.
• MFA’s onsite testing lab will be able to provide PCR testing and required documentation for your return travel home (Domestic and International)
• At home Rapid Antigen tests will be available onsite and distributed to the sleeping rooms in the MFA room block at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. At home Rapid Antigen tests will be available at MFA registration for guests staying off property.

All registered attendees will have their temperatures scanned each day prior to gaining access to the conference.

MFA encourages attendees to:

• Ensure you have your proof of vaccination documentation (via CLEAR app).
• Receive a COVID-19 booster shot. A booster shot is not mandatory to attend, however, MFA strongly recommends if you are eligible to receive.
• Wear a mask, socially distance, and wash your hands often using the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills sanitizing stations located throughout the conference space.

• The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills Hotel supplies constant fresh airflow to all guest room floors and public spaces. Guestroom filters have been upgraded to MERV-9, and public space to MERV-13.
• All hotel employees and outside vendors/contractors have their temperature checked before entering the building and are required to leave the property with a temperature of 100.4 or higher.
• The hotel uses electrostatic sprayers to disinfect all meeting rooms and refreshes all soiled linens.
• Hotel staff cleans all common touch points in the lobby and rest rooms on a regular basis throughout the day.

Each day you will need to attest to the following as a condition of your admission to all of the on and offsite MFA West conference events:

1. I am fully vaccinated in accordance with current CDC guidelines.
2. I am not experiencing any symptoms of illness including cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell or any other symptoms commonly associated with the Coronavirus/COVID-19.
3. I have not knowingly been exposed to someone with a suspected and/or confirmed case of the COVID-19 in the past ten (10) days.
4. I have not been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the past fourteen (14) days.
5. I am following CDC recommended guidelines in order to limit my exposure to the COVID-19 and will continue to do so through the conclusion of the MFA West conference.
6. I understand that MFA may immediately remove or prohibit me from in person activities at the MFA West conference if I exhibit symptoms associated with COVID-19, or if I fail to comply with any safety procedures stipulated by MFA or the event venue.

Failure to provide this attestation may result in your exclusion from MFA events during the MFA West conference.

Anyone registering for MFA West 2022 on the MFA website must also sign the following consent, waiver and release agreement.

By participating in the MFA West conference and any associated events, I acknowledge and understand the highly contagious nature of Coronavirus/COVID-19, and that current medical knowledge of the virus, including its transmissibility and risk remains uncertain, particularly in light of evolving variants of the virus.

Although MFA and the event venues have instituted preventative measures based on current CDC and other governmental guidance in order to reduce the possible spread of COVID-19 at the MFA West Conference, I understand and acknowledge that neither MFA nor the event venues are able to guarantee that these preventative measures will prevent the transmission of the virus, infection and/or illness.

ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I understand and assume the risk of becoming exposed to and/or infected with COVID-19 by or from the actions, omissions or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to on-site contractors, MFA staff, venue staff and guests, meeting attendees, and their families, as well as members of the general public who I may come in contact with while traveling to and from the MFA West and its various events, and while participating in the MFA West conference. I nevertheless expressly assume all of the aforementioned risks, including the risk of being exposed to, contracting, and/or spreading COVID-19, in order to be able to participate in-person at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills and any associated MFA events in the Los Angeles, CA area on March 7–8, 2022.

WAIVER AND RELEASE: As a condition of my participation in this MFA West Conference and any associated events, I, do hereby expressly waive any rights against and release and hold harmless MFA and any of its officers, attorneys, employees, volunteers, affiliates, contractors, agents, heirs, legal successors, and assigns (collectively “MFA”) from and against any and all claims, suits, demands, losses, damages, expenses, or liability of whatever kind or nature (collectively “liability”), under any theory of law or equity, that may arise during or as a result of my participation in the MFA West conference, including but not limited to any such liability related to or arising out of illness, injury, or death associated with infection of COVID-19 or complications, symptoms, or other effects resulting from contracting COVID-19. My consent, waiver and release will be governed exclusively by Florida law and the exclusive venue for any dispute arising from this consent, waiver and release will be a court of competent jurisdiction in the District of Columbia.