[Ramrod]

If there is a decent medical case to be made for keeping arms bare to the elbow then I don't think anyone should be exempt from the rule.
If someone feels that they cannot comply with the rule (for whatever reason) then surely their conscience should force them to change careers......since they are putting their patients at increased risk.
If they choose to ignore the rule, in spite of knowing that it puts their patients at increased risk, then we have to question their fitness to work in that sphere.....