The phrase "are specifically exempted" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to individuals or items that are excluded from a general rule or requirement.
Example: "Certain organizations are specifically exempted from the new tax regulations due to their non-profit status."
Alternatives: "are particularly excluded" or "are distinctly exempted".
Government investment pools operate much like money-market mutual funds, but they are specifically exempted from the federal laws that cover mutual funds.
So, he said, if those documents do not prohibit a sublet fee, and the amount of the fee is not greater than the amount the documents allow, shareholders must pay it unless they are specifically exempted in the proprietary lease, the bylaws or the co-op's offering plan.
are specifically exempted from the above prohibition.
Ball and the Republican leadership are aware that religious organizations recognized as such are specifically exempted from complying with the marriage law.
Under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Act aircraft in flight are specifically exempted from trespass and nuisance controls, which denies any form of redress to those living near airports who are disturbed by noise.
Surveillance data are specifically exempted from HIPAA because these data are required to be reported to the health department by state and local laws [58].
This ignores the fact that election advertising for a "pending election" is specifically exempted from need for planning permission.
"Security is first and foremost, and we would not do anything that would compromise it in any way," said Anson Franklin, the agency's chief spokesman, noting that the Office of Transportation Safeguards, which is responsible for the safe transport of nuclear weapons and other nuclear material, was specifically exempted from the freeze.
If your land has carried a crop of oil-seeds, grain legumes or cereals (other than maize) which has been harvested by either combine harvester or mower, then: You must meet one of the following conditions on that land …" In other words the crop that does most damage to the soil is specifically exempted from the rules designed to protect the soil.
(Fracking in 2005 was specifically exempted from the Clean Water Act).
Cyclic steaming was specifically exempted from the state's new hydraulic fracking regulations.
