Plibersek vaccine push
May 14, 2013
Health minister Tanya Plibersek
has flagged a “rigorous nationally
consistent policy for schools to
assess and document immunisation
for all new enrolments, as a way
of identifying children who have
slipped through the immunisation
net,” as an item to be discussed by
the Standing Committee on Health.
WA, NSW, Vic, Tas and the ACT
all have school entry legislation for
immunisation, but other than WA
“the laws are not usually enforced,”
Plibersek added.
A national policy could require
parents to present schools with
Child Immunisation History
statements, which are available
from Medicare and are linked to
the Personally Controlled eHealth
Record System.
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