Under the new COVID protection framework (traffic light system) it can become problematic to host sports events unless vaccination certificates are used. In many instances sports will require people to have a valid Vaccine Pass.

Sporty already provides a Form Builder utility that makes it easy to create your own web input forms. We are introducing the (optional) ability to include a question field for a person's Vaccine Pass that performs a live verification with the Ministry of Health system.

Essentially, if you decide to include the Vaccine Pass verification field on your form, it will allow a person to scan their Vaccine Pass QR code or upload their Vaccine Pass PDF. Sporty then makes a live call on the MoH system to verify the pass. The verification response from the MoH system returns to Sporty the person's name, DoB and expiry date of their pass. These details can be recorded along with the verified status on the person's registration record. Sporty does not need to store a copy of their Vaccine Pass itself.

A Vaccine Pass can also be verified at a later point in time if it was unavailable at the time of their registration. This can be achieved by the registrant following a ‘magic link’ in their registration confirmation email to return to their record, or by their sports administrator scanning a Vaccine Pass for the person at a later date.

The ability to let people pre-verify at the time they register for sport or an event or holiday program is designed to remove the need to physically scan people in at the time of the gathering or event. The new Vaccine Pass field is currently passing final QA and testing. It will become visible in Sporty FormBuilder automatically for all sports organisations within the next week or so.