What is a vaccine preventable disease?

Current

(1)

For this regulation, the following diseases are vaccine preventable diseases:

(a)

diphtheria;

(b)

Haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) infection;

(c)

measles;

(d)

mumps;

(e)

poliomyelitis;

(f)

rubella (German measles);

(g)

tetanus;

(h)

pertussis (whooping cough);

(i)

hepatitis B;

(j)

a disease declared under subsection (2).

(2)

The chief health officer may—

(a)

declare another disease to be a vaccine preventable disease; or

(b)

declare that a disease (including a disease mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (i)) is not a vaccine preventable disease.

(3)

A declaration under subsection (2) is a disallowable instrument.

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