Circumstances in which Chief Health Officer may issue a certificate
10AC Circumstances in which Chief Health Officer may issue a certificate
In this regulation —
scheduled vaccinations, in relation to a child, means the vaccinations that would, if given to the child, result in the child’s immunisation status being up-to-date.
For the purposes of section 141C(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the circumstances in the Table are prescribed.
Table
Circumstance | Description of circumstance |
|---|---|
Temporary unavailability of vaccine | A scheduled vaccination that a child has not received at a particular age is temporarily unavailable (or all of the vaccines for that vaccination are temporarily unavailable), due to a shortage advised to the Department in writing by the person who occupies, or is acting in, the position of Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer. |
Child vaccinated overseas | A child has not received one or more scheduled vaccinations in Australia, but the child has received one or more vaccinations while outside Australia that have provided the child with the same level of immunisation that the child would have acquired if the child had been vaccinated with those scheduled vaccinations, as certified in writing by a recognised immunisation provider. |
Child part of approved vaccine study | A child is part of a vaccine study approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee registered with the National Health and Medical Research Council, as certified in writing by the researchers conducting the study. |
[Regulation 10AC inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 2019 p. 2851-2.]
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