Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A person in charge of a primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre must not allow a child to attend the primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre for the period or in the circumstances—
(a) specified in column 3 of the Table in Schedule 7 if the person in charge has been informed that the child is infected with an infectious disease listed in column 2 of that Table; or
(b) specified in column 4 of the Table in Schedule 7 if the person in charge has been informed that the child has been in contact with a person who is infected with an infectious disease listed in column 2 of that Table.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The Chief Health Officer may direct a person in charge of a primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre to exclude a child enrolled at the primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre who the Chief Health Officer has determined to be at material risk of contracting a vaccine-preventable disease.
(3) In determining whether a child is at material risk of contracting a vaccine-preventable disease for the purposes of subregulation (2), the Chief Health Officer may have regard to—
(a) the child's documented immunity and immunisation status; and
(b) the risk of the child contracting a vaccine-preventable disease; and
(c) the severity of illness if the child was to contract a vaccine-preventable disease.
(4) A person to whom a direction is given under subregulation (2) must ensure that a child to whom the direction applies does not attend the primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre until the Chief Health Officer directs that attendance can be resumed.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.