Immunization of School Pupils Amendment Act, 2016 Hoskins, Hon. Eric Minister of Health and Long-Term Care — Bill 198 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 198, 41-1

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Bill 198, Immunization of School Pupils Amendment Act, 2016

Hoskins, Hon. Eric Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

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Bill 198 2016

An Act to amend the

Immunization of School Pupils Act

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Section

1 of the Immunization of School Pupils Act is amended

by adding the following definition:

"nurse"

means a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario; ("infirmière ou infirmier")

(2) The definition of "physician" in

section 1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"physician"

means a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; ("médecin")

2. Subsections

3 (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Same,

statement of conscience or religious belief

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a

parent who has completed an immunization education session with a medical

officer of health or with a medical officer of health's delegate that complies

with the prescribed requirements, if any, and who has filed a statement of conscience

or religious belief with the proper medical officer of health.

Transitional

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a

parent who, before the coming into force of

section 2 of the Immunization of School Pupils Amendment Act, 2016 , filed

a statement of conscience or religious belief with the proper medical officer

of health.

3. Clause

6 (2) (

a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) that the medical officer of

health has not received,

(

i) a

statement from a physician, nurse or prescribed person showing

that the pupil has completed the prescribed program of immunization in relation

to the designated diseases,

(ii) an

unexpired statement of medical exemption in respect of the pupil, or

(iii) a

statement of conscience or religious belief in respect of the pupil and

confirmation that the parent has completed the education session described in

subsection 3 (3); and

Section

10 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Statements

by providers of immunizing agents

(1) Every

physician, nurse or prescribed person who administers an immunizing agent to a

child in relation to a designated disease shall provide to a parent of the

child a statement that shows that the immunizing agent has been administered.

Information

for M.O.H.

(2) Every physician, nurse or prescribed

person who administers an immunizing agent to a child in relation to a

designated disease shall provide the prescribed information to the medical

officer of health for the public health unit in which the immunizing agent was

administered.

5. Subclause

12 (2) (b) (

i) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

i) either

a statement from a physician, nurse or prescribed person showing that the pupil

has completed the prescribed program of immunization in relation to the designated

disease or other information satisfying the medical officer of health that the

pupil has completed the prescribed program, or

6. Subsection

17 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(f.1) respecting

and governing the information described in subsection 10 (2), including, without

being limited to, specifying one or more methods by which the information is to

be provided, and requiring the information to be provided by such a method;

Commencement

7. This

Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant

Governor.

Short

title

8. The

short title of this Act is the Immunization of School

Pupils Amendment Act, 2016 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Immunization of School Pupils Act is amended:

1. To

require parents to complete an immunization education session before filing a

statement of conscience or religious belief.

2. To

expand the categories of persons who may provide statements regarding the administration

of immunizing agents.

3. To

require those who administer immunizing agents to provide information to the

local medical officer of health.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 12, 2016

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 12, 2016

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 198

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Immunization of School Pupils Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 198, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 198 html
Language	en
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