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Where child is unfit

Cap. 40, s. 152 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) If any public vaccinator or surgeon is of opinion that the child is not in a fit and proper state to be successfully vaccinated, he shall forthwith deliver to the parent a certificate under his hand according to the form of the Sixth Schedule or to the like effect, that the child is then in a state unfit for successful vaccination, which certificate shall remain in force for two months only but shall be renewable for a like period from time to time, until a public vaccinator or surgeon thinks the child to be in a fit state for successful vaccination, when the child shall with all reasonable despatch be vaccinated and a certificate of successful vaccination according to the form of 87 the Fifth Schedule duly given if warranted by the result and a certified copy sent to the Registrar of the district where the child resides. (2) At or before the end of each successive period for which a certificate of unfitness has been given the parent shall take the child or cause it to be taken to a public vaccinator or surgeon, who shall then examine the child and give a certificate in the form of the Sixth Schedule, if he thinks it requisite in the circumstances of the case, and shall continue from time to time to give such certificate until he finds that the child is insusceptible of successful vaccination as provided in section 153 or until the child is successfully vaccinated.
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