Requirement for proof of immunization
2017, c.42, s.48
42.1(1)In order to attain proof of immunization for a disease prescribed by regulation, the superintendent of the school district, through the principal of a school, shall require from the parent or legal guardian of a child attending school in the Province for the first time the following information:
(a)
the name, date of birth and the Medicare number of the child if the principal of the school reasonably believes that the information in respect of the child is included in the immunization registry established by the Minister under section 42.3, or
(b)
any other proof of immunization if the principal of the school reasonably believes that the information in respect of the child is not included in the immunization registry established by the Minister under section 42.3.
42.1(2)The operator of an early learning and childcare facility shall require that proof of immunization is provided to him or her for any disease prescribed by regulation for a child attending that facility.
42.1(3)Despite subsections (1) and (2), proof of immunization is not required if the parent or legal guardian of a child provides the following:
(a)
a medical exemption, on a form provided by the Minister, that is signed by a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner, or
(b)
a written statement, on a form provided by the Minister and signed by the parent or legal guardian, of his or her objections to the immunizations.
42.1(4) A District Education Council, through the superintendent of the school district, shall provide the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development with any information received under subsection (1) and any medical exemption or written statement provided under subsection (3).
42.1(5)The Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development shall forward to the Minister any information received under subsection (4).
42.1(6)After having reviewed the information received under subsection (4) and the immunization registry established by the Minister, the Minister, through the chief medical officer of health or the medical officer of health, shall disclose to the principal of a school the immunization status of each child.
2010, c.E-0.5, s.68; 2017, c.42, s.48; 2019, c.22, s.2