4. EXEMPT MEMBERS

The individual is exempt from the work requirements in Paragraph 2 above if the individual is one or more of the following:

A. Exempt from work requirements listed in Section 111-5(1)(B) or (E);

B. Physically or mentally unfit for employment;

NOTE: If not evident, medical certification is required. In lieu of a doctor’s statement, statements from nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers or medical personnel may be sufficient.

C. Receiving temporary or permanent disability benefits issued by governmental or private resources;

D. Pregnant;

E. Subject to and complying with a TANF or unemployment compensation system work requirement;

F. A student, regardless of age, who is enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education;

G. Caring for an incapacitated person who cannot provide their own care;

H. Regularly participating in a substance use disorder treatment program meeting the requirements of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.);

I. An Indian or an Urban Indian as defined in paragraphs (13) and (28) of section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act or California Indian as defined in section 809(a) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act;

J. A resident of a Maine geographic area (city, town, plantation, unorganized territory, township or reservation) listed in Section 999-2.