PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 86 Responsibilities of principals of schools with respect to immunisation

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 86

86 Responsibilities of principals of schools with respect to immunisation

(cf 1991 Act, s 42B)

(1) When a child is enrolled at a school, and on such other occasions as may be prescribed by the regulations, the principal of the school must ask a parent of the child to lodge with the principal an immunisation certificate for the child, unless satisfied that the certificate can be obtained under subsection (2).

(2) If a child's immunisation certificate has been lodged with the principal and the child subsequently becomes enrolled at another school, the principal must, on being asked to do so by a parent of the child or the principal of the other school, forward the certificate to the principal of the other school.

(3) The principal of a school must record in the approved form the immunisation status of each child enrolled at the school, as indicated by the child's immunisation certificate, and, for that purpose, a child for whom no immunisation certificate has been lodged is taken not to have been immunised against any of the vaccine preventable diseases.

(4) The principal of a school must retain an immunisation certificate lodged with the principal in safe custody for such period as may be prescribed by the regulations and must produce it for inspection on request by the public health officer.