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Division 2 · Establishment, contents and purposes
8Establishment of the register#
(1)The Commonwealth must establish and keep a register to be called the Australian Immunisation Register.
(2)Parts of the register may be kept separate from each other, and be called different names.
Note: For example, the parts of the register dealing with vaccinations given through school programs could be kept separately and be called the Australian School Vaccination Register.
(3)The register is not a legislative instrument.
9Contents of the register#
The AI register may include the following:
(a)relevant identifying information for each individual who has, or could have, a relevant vaccination;
(b)information provided by a recognised vaccination provider about each relevant vaccination, including:
(i)the day of the vaccination; and
(ii)information about the vaccine administered; and
(iii)if the vaccine was administered in Australia—provider identification information and healthcare identifier information for the recognised vaccination provider who administered the vaccine; and
(iv)if the vaccine was administered outside Australia—provider identification information and healthcare identifier information for the recognised vaccination provider who has been given information about the vaccination;
(c)relevant identifying information for each individual who is assessed by a general practitioner, a paediatrician, a public health physician, an infectious diseases physician or a clinical immunologist as:
(i)not requiring a vaccination because the individual has contracted a disease or diseases, and as a result has developed a natural immunity; or
(ii)having a medical contraindication to a vaccine, and as a result should not receive a vaccination;
(d)information about each of those assessments, including:
(i)the day of the assessment; and
(ii)information about the vaccine relevant to the assessment; and
(iii)the name and contact details of, and healthcare identifier information for, the general practitioner, paediatrician, public health physician, infectious diseases physician or clinical immunologist who conducted the assessment; and
(iv)if a provider number, under Part IIAA of the Health Insurance Act 1973, has been allocated by the Chief Executive Medicare to that general practitioner, paediatrician, public health physician, infectious diseases physician or clinical immunologist in respect of the place at which the assessment was conducted—that number;
(e)other information relating to vaccinations of individuals.
10Purposes of the register#
(1)The purposes of the AI register are to facilitate the following:
(a)establishing and keeping an electronic database of records relating to vaccinations of individuals;
(b)collecting, analysing and publishing statistics, and other information, about vaccination coverage across Australia and parts of Australia;
(c)monitoring vaccination coverage across Australia and parts of Australia;
(d)monitoring the effectiveness of vaccines and vaccination programs in preventing vaccine preventable diseases;
(e)identifying any parts of Australia at risk during disease outbreaks because of the number of unvaccinated individuals in those parts;
(f)checking an individual’s vaccination status by that individual or by a recognised vaccination provider;
(g)checking an individual’s vaccination status:
(i)by (or on behalf of) the Commonwealth; and
(ii)to the extent that this is necessary for determining eligibility for family assistance;
(h)advising an individual when he or she is, or was, due to receive doses of a vaccine;
(i)certifying when a course of vaccination has been completed;
(j)promoting individuals’ health and well-being by giving information on new developments associated with vaccinations to them and to recognised vaccination providers;
(k)payments relating to vaccinations;
(l)research relating to vaccinations;
(m)anything incidental to any of the above paragraphs.
(2)For an individual who is incapable of managing his or her health affairs:
(a)paragraph (1)(f) also applies to checking of the individual’s vaccination status by a legal personal representative of the individual; and
(b)paragraphs (1)(h), (i) and (j) also apply to advising, or giving a certificate or information to, a legal personal representative of the individual.
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at legislation.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Compilations may have been reformatted.