Western Australian Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 (NO. 18 OF 2016) - SECT 142

142 .         Regulations relating to immunisation status of children

        (1)         In this section —

        child means a person who is under 18 years of age;

        immunisation status , of a child, means the status of —

            (a)         having been immunised against, or having acquired immunity by infection from, all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases; or

            (b)         not having been immunised against, and not having acquired immunity by infection from, all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases;

        person in charge , of a school, means the person who has responsibility for the day-to-day management and control of the school.

        (2)         Without limiting section 304(1), regulations may be made under that subsection —

            (a)         requiring information about a child’s immunisation status to be given to the person in charge of a school at which the child is to be enrolled or re-enrolled;

            (b)         requiring the person in charge of a school to retain for a specified period information about the immunisation status of a child enrolled at the school;

            (c)         requiring information given to the person in charge of a school about a child’s immunisation status to be kept confidential and stored securely;

            (d)         requiring the person in charge of a school, 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; or

                  (ii)         children enrolled at the school;

            (e)         requiring the person in charge of a school to give a report to the Chief Health Officer in respect of any child at the school who contracts a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease;

            (f)         requiring the person in charge of a school, 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 the school for the period specified by the Chief Health Officer;

            (g)         requiring the person in charge of a school, when directed to do so by the Chief Health Officer, to close the school for the period specified by the Chief Health Officer to limit or prevent the spread of a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease.