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← Infectious Diseases Act 1976

Infectious Diseases Act 1976 s 50

s 50 Certificates of unfitness

50. —(1) If any medical practitioner is of the opinion that any person is not fit to be vaccinated, the medical practitioner must immediately deliver to that person or, in the case of a child, to the parent or guardian of the child an exemption certificate in such form as the Director-General of Health may require. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) Such exemption certificate remains in force for such period as may be specified therein. (3) Before the expiry of the exemption certificate the person must go, or the parent or guardian of the child must take or cause the child to be taken, to a medical practitioner who must then examine and vaccinate the person or child or give a further exemption certificate in respect of that person or child in such form as the Director-General of Health may require. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) Any medical practitioner who issues an exemption certificate under this section must, within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require, notify the Director-General of Health or an officer of the Communicable Diseases Agency who is designated by the Director-General of Health for the purpose. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 4 of 2025 wef 01/04/2025] —(1) If any medical practitioner is of the opinion that any person is not fit to be vaccinated, the medical practitioner must immediately deliver to that person or, in the case of a child, to the parent or guardian of the child an exemption certificate in such form as the Director-General of Health may require. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) Such exemption certificate remains in force for such period as may be specified therein. (3) Before the expiry of the exemption certificate the person must go, or the parent or guardian of the child must take or cause the child to be taken, to a medical practitioner who must then examine and vaccinate the person or child or give a further exemption certificate in respect of that person or child in such form as the Director-General of Health may require. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) Any medical practitioner who issues an exemption certificate under this section must, within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require, notify the Director-General of Health or an officer of the Communicable Diseases Agency who is designated by the Director-General of Health for the purpose. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 4 of 2025 wef 01/04/2025]

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