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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 1) - REG 9

Immunisation records kept by pre-secondary schools

(1)     The person in charge of a pre-secondary school must make a record of the immunisation status of each child enrolled at the school in a form that is readily accessible to the person in charge and the chief health officer.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2)     In a prosecution for an offence against subregulation (1), an immunisation record signed by any of the following persons is evidence that a specified child is immunised against the vaccine preventable disease to which the signature relates:

        (a)     a doctor;

        (b)     a registered nurse;

        (c)     a person authorised in writing by the chief health officer for the purpose.

(3)     The person in charge of a pre-secondary school must—

        (a)     keep a copy of a child's immunisation record while the child is enrolled at the school; and

        (b)     give a copy of the immunisation record to the chief health officer within a reasonable time after enrolment.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4)     It is a defence to a prosecution under this regulation for failure to do a thing that the defendant had a reasonable excuse for that failure.



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