As of July 1, 2019, parents and guardians need to report the vaccination status of their school-age children.
All B.C. students are required to have their complete immunization records in the Provincial Immunization Registry. This applies to children from kindergarten to grade 12, in public and independent schools and those who are home-schooled. Vaccination status reporting does not apply to children attending schools in First Nations communities.
Public health staff regularly check the immunization records of school-age children. In cases where a child’s immunization records are missing or incomplete, public health may contact the child’s family to offer immunization or ask for information on missing immunizations.
What do parents or guardians need to do?
Check your child’s B.C. immunization records to ensure they are correct.
If the immunization history is missing immunizations that your child has already gotten, this means public health does not have your child’s records.
Contact your immunization provider to ask for a copy of your child's immunization record then submit the record at fraserhealth.ca/immunizationform.
If your child needs additional immunizations, visit fraserhealth.ca/howtogetimmunized.
Collecting immunization information keeps our schools and communities healthy and helps public health to prevent and control disease outbreaks.
For more information, please visit HealthLink BC’s immunization website.