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