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Public vaccinators

Cap. 39, s. 16 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) All medical officers and medical subordinates other than clerks, stewards, and nurses shall be public vaccinators. (2) No public vaccinator is entitled to receive any capitation fee in respect of duties performed as public (3) The Minister may appoint persons other than members of the medical staff to be district vaccinators, and such district vaccinators shall receive such fees in respect of vaccinations performed by them as are provided in Part X of the Public Health Act, Cap. 40. 11 (4) The Minister may, from time to time when any public vaccinator not receiving fees, has been shown to have done good service in such capacity, or to have exerted himself zealously for the public good in prosecuting the work of vaccination, make such public vaccinator a grant not exceeding one thousand dollars at any one time, or during any one year, out of funds provided for the purpose by the National Assembly.
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