Vaccination Act, 1919 🇬🇭

Ghana

Chapter 76 Vaccination Act, 1919

Published in Government Gazette
Commenced on 1 January 1920
[This is the version of this document from 1 January 1920.]

AN ACT to provide for vaccination and for related matters.

1. Public vaccinators

(1)A medical officer in the Health Service is a public vaccinator for the purpose of this Act.

(2)The Minister may appoint a registered medical practitioner not in the Health Service as a public vaccinator, and as an assistant public vaccinator any other person certified by the deputy director of the Service as a person with the necessary probity, skill, and knowledge.

(3)An assistant public vaccinator shall perform the functions of a public vaccinator which under the Regulations that are assigned to an assistant public vaccinator.

(4)An assignment may be made generally with respect to assistant public vaccinators or specifically with respect to one or more assistant public vaccinators.

2. Free vaccination

(1)A public vaccinator shall vaccinate, free of charge, the p…

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