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The Vaccination Act, 1880

( ACT NO. V OF 1880 )

VACCINATION OF CHILDREN

Parent or guardian of children born in compulsory limits, and of unprotected children brought to reside in such limits, must procure their vaccination
3. The parent or guardian of every child born in any place to which this Act applies, as above provided, or may hereafter be extended shall, within six months after the birth of such child, and
 
 
 
 
the parent or guardian of every unprotected child under the age of fourteen years brought to reside, whether temporarily or permanently, in such place aforesaid,
 
 
 
 
shall, within six months after such child's arrival in such place,
 
 
 
 
take it, or cause it to be taken to a public vaccine-station to be vaccinated, or shall, within such period as aforesaid, cause it to be vaccinated by some medical practitioner or public vaccinator;
Unprotected child may be required to be vaccinated within fifteen days
and the parent or guardian of every unprotected child may, whenever the Superintendent of Vaccination, as hereinafter appointed, shall deem it expedient, be served with a notice, in the form prescribed in the first schedule of this Act, requiring the parent or guardian, within fifteen days after the service of the same, to take such child, or cause such child to be taken, to a public vaccine-station to be vaccinated, or within such period as aforesaid to cause it to be vaccinated by some medical practitioner or public vaccinator;
Public vaccinator bound to vaccinate all children brought to him
and every such parent or guardian shall, within the said period, comply with the requisition;
 
 
 
 
and any public vaccinator to whom such child, or to whom any child under the age of fourteen years, is brought for vaccination at such vaccine-station, or who is requested to vaccinate such child elsewhere than at a public vaccine-station, is hereby required, with all reasonable dispatch, subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, to vaccinate such child.
Inspection
4. At an appointed hour on a day not less than seven or more than ten days after the operation shall have been performed, or on an earlier day, if required, the parent or guardian shall cause the child to be inspected by the operator (if a medical practitioner) or by an Inspector, that the result of the operation may be ascertained; and when any public vaccinator has vaccinated a child elsewhere than at a public vaccine-station, an Inspector shall visit the child at the time and for the purpose above mentioned, whether he is requested to do so or not.
Repetition of vaccination
In the event of the vaccination being unsuccessful, such parent or guardian shall, if the Inspector or medical practitioner so direct, cause the child to be forthwith again vaccinated and subsequently inspected as on the previous occasion.
 
 
 
 
No fee shall be charged by an Inspector for anything done by him under this section.
If child be unfit for vaccination, certificate in Form A to be given, which shall remain in force for one month, but shall be renewable
5. If any Inspector or medical practitioner shall be of opinion that any child is not in a fit state to be vaccinated, he shall forthwith deliver to the parent or guardian of such child a certificate under his hand according to the form of Schedule A hereto annexed, or to the like effect, that the child is then in a state unfit for vaccination.
 
 
 
 
The said certificate shall remain in force for one month only, but shall be renewable for successive periods of one month until the Inspector or medical practitioner shall deem the child to be in a fit state for vaccination, when the child shall, with all reasonable despatch, be vaccinated, and a certificate of successful vaccination given in the form of Schedule C hereto annexed according to the provisions of section 7 if warranted by the result.
Procedure where child is found to have had small-pox or to be insusceptible of successful vaccination
6. (1) If any Inspector or medical practitioner finds-
 
 
 
 
(a) that a child brought for vaccination has already had small-pox, or
 
 
 
 
(b) that a child who has been three times unsuccessfully vaccinated is insusceptible of successful vacci-nation,
 
 
 
 
he shall deliver to the parent or guardian of such child a certificate under his hand, according to the form in Schedule B hereto annexed, or to the like effect.
 
 
 
 
(2) If the Superintendent is satisfied that such child has already had small-pox or is insusceptible of successful vaccination, he shall endorse such certificate.
 
 
(3) Such endorsement shall operate as an exemption from liability to vaccination,-
 
 
 
 
(i) in case (a) in sub-section (1)- absolutely, and
 
 
 
 
(ii) in case (b) in that sub-section-for a period of twelve months.
 
 
 
 
(4) Upon the expiration of the said period, the parent or guardian of such child shall forthwith cause the child to be vaccinated again;
 
 
 
 
and if an Inspector or a medical practitioner finds after two further unsuccessful vaccinations that the child is insusceptible of successful vaccination, he shall deliver to the parent or guardian a further certificate under his hand, according to the form of Schedule B hereto annexed, or to the like effect;
 
 
 
 
and if the Superintendent of vaccination be again satisfied that the child is insusceptible of successful vaccination, he shall endorse such certificate and such endorsement shall operate as an absolute exemption from liability to further vaccination.
Provision for giving certificates of successful vaccination
7. When a public vaccinator or medical practitioner has performed the operation of vaccination upon any child, and an Inspector or such practitioner has ascertained that the same has been successful,
 
 
 
 
such Inspector or practitioner, as the case may be, shall deliver to the parent or guardian of such child a certificate according to the form of Schedule C hereto annexed or to the like effect, certifying that the said child has been successfully vaccinated.
No fee to be charged for vaccination at a public vaccine-station, or for certificates
8. No fee or remuneration shall be charged by any Inspector to the parent or guardian of any child for any such certificate as aforesaid, nor by any public vaccinator for any vaccination done by him in pursuance of this Act at a public vaccine-station.
 
 
 
 
But, when a public vaccinator attends at the request of the parent or guardian elsewhere than at a public vaccine-station for the purpose of vaccinating a child, he shall be paid a fee not exceeding fifty poisha; such fee to be devoted to the purposes in the next succeeding section mentioned.
Fees how to be appropriated
9. All such fees shall be appropriated as the Government may from time to time direct.
Superintendent of vaccination or his assistants may inspect vaccination of child
10. The Superintendent of Vaccination, as hereinafter appointed, or any of his assistants, or any Inspector may, from time to time, inspect the vaccination of any child, whether performed by a public vaccinator or medical practitioner; and may, if he thinks fit, direct that such child be forthwith again vaccinated.
 
 

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