VACCINATION.
No. 2 of 1890.
481
4. It shall also be lawful for the Governor to appoint some fit person, to be called the Inspector of Vaccination, for the purpose of securing the due performance by the Public Vaccinators of all vaccinations and of inspecting the results thereof.
5. The Governor-in-Council shall have power to make regulations for the purposes of this Ordinance in respect of the matters hereinafter mentioned :-
(1) the duties and powers of all officers appointed under this Ordinance;
(2) the remuneration, if any, to be paid for vaccination by a Public Vaccinator, and the time and place of vaccination; and
(3) all such other matters not hereinbefore specifically mentioned which may conduce to the better carrying out of this Ordinance.
6. (1) The parent or guardian of any child resident within the Colony, if the child is 6 months old or more, and has not been already successfully vaccinated, (proof of which successful vaccination may be required by the Head of the Sanitary Department), shall cause the child to be vaccinated by a medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator.
(2) Such medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator shall, on personal inspection of the successful vaccination of the child, furnish the parent or guardian with a certificate to that effect in form 1 in the schedule, who shall, within 7 days after the date thereof, lodge the certificate with the Head of the Sanitary Department, who shall preserve the same.
7. (1) If any medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator is of opinion that any child is not a fit and proper subject to be successfully vaccinated, he shall thereupon deliver to the parent or guardian of the child a certificate, in form 2 in the schedule to that effect, and such certificate shall remain in force for 2 months from its delivery as aforesaid.
(2) If the child is not successfully vaccinated at the termination of such period of 2 months, then the certificate, on the application of the parent or guardian, shall be renewed by a medical practitioner or Public Vaccinator during each succeeding period of 2 months.
*As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 15 of 1909, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 2 of 1912.