The Immunization of School Pupils Act (1990), Section 11, Subsections (1) and (2) require public health units to maintain and review vaccine records for every student attending school and to enforce a school suspension for incomplete immunization information.
As part of the continued work to prevent the spread of vaccine preventable diseases, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) completed a review of all elementary student immunization records in December and more than 12,000 students received a notice.
Parents and guardians of JK to Grade 8 students attending school in Windsor and Essex County are reminded to check their child’s immunization record (the yellow card they received when they got their first vaccine) to make sure they’re up-to-date on their vaccines based on Ontario’s publicly fund
Public health units are to maintain and review vaccine records for every student attending school in their region and those not up-to-date can be suspended from school for up to 20 days.