(1) Without limiting
section 304(1), regulations may —
(a)
require the person in charge of a school, community kindergarten or child care
service, when directed to do so by the Chief Health Officer, to give a report
to the Chief Health Officer in respect of information given to the person
about the immunisation status of —
(i)
a child enrolled at the school, community kindergarten or
child care service; or
(ii)
children enrolled at the school, community kindergarten
or child care service;
and
(b)
require the person in charge of a school, community kindergarten or child care
service, when directed to do so by the Chief Health Officer either when giving
a direction under regulations made under paragraph (a) or at a later time, to
give to the Chief Health Officer further information necessary to assist in
preventing, controlling or abating a public health risk that might foreseeably
arise from a child or children not being immunised against a vaccine
preventable notifiable infectious disease, including —
(i)
the names of, and other identifying information in
relation to, the child or children; and
(ii)
the names and contact details of the responsible persons
for the child or children;
and
(c) in
the case of a child at a school, community kindergarten or child care service
who has contracted, or is reasonably believed to have contracted, a vaccine
preventable notifiable infectious disease, require the person in charge of the
school, community kindergarten or child care service to give to the Chief
Health Officer a report in respect of the child; and
(d)
require the person in charge of a school, community kindergarten or child care
service, when directed to do so by the Chief Health Officer, to ensure that a
child who has not been immunised against a vaccine preventable notifiable
infectious disease specified by the Chief Health Officer is not permitted to
attend, or participate in an educational programme of, the school, community
kindergarten or child care service for the period specified by the Chief
Health Officer; and
(e)
require the person in charge of a school, community kindergarten or child care
service, when directed to do so by the Chief Health Officer, to close the
whole, or a part, of the school, community kindergarten or child care service
for the period specified by the Chief Health Officer to limit or prevent the
spread of a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease.
(2) Despite subsection
(1)(a) and (b), the regulations may provide that the person required to
provide the relevant report or information when directed to do so by the Chief
Health Officer is —
(a) the
chief executive officer, as defined in the School Education Act 1999
section 229; or
(b) if
the relevant information is held in an information management system
established and maintained by another person or body, that other person or
body.
[Section 142 inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]
[Heading inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]