15 December 2018

New Child Vaccination Laws to be Introduced in Western Australia

According to a report on ABC News Online, from 1 January 2019, kindergartens, schools and childcare centres will be required to collect and report on the immunisation status of children in their care. The information will be made available to the Health Department so it can identify children whose vaccines are not up-to-date and order that they stay home if there is a disease outbreak at their school or childcare centre. 

These provisions are contained in the Public Health Amendment Regulations 2018 (note, "school" includes childcare services as defined in section 4, Public Health Act 2016).

The Sector website, and WAtoday also carried reports on the new legislation.

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