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For immediate release: February 3, 2012
UPDATE YOUR CHILD’S IMMUNIZATIONS
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has completed a review of the immunization records of everysecondary school student in the district. The
Immunization of School Pupils Act 
gives the Health Unit the authorityto suspend students if they do not have up to date immunization records. If a student
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s immunizations are not upto date, they will be suspended from school as of Wednesday, February 15.Families of a student with an incomplete immunization record will have received a letter from the Health Unit inlate December requesting the required information. Then suspension notices were issued in late January tostudents who still have incomplete immunization records.
If you received a notice that your child’s information is missing, it does not mean your child will actually be
suspended from school. The Health Unit removes students from the suspension list when we receive the missinginformation. If the missing information is provided to the Health Unit by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, February 14, thesuspension will not be enforced.If your child requires immunizations, they can receive those immunizations through their health care provider orby making an appointment at the Health Unit by calling 705-474-1400 or 1-800-563-2808, ext 2377 in North Bayor 705-746-5801, ext 3205 in Parry Sound. If they receive their immunizations at their health care provider
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soffice, parents need to ensure the information is provided to the Health Unit.If you have any questions, call the Health Unit at 705-474-1400 or 1-800-563-2808, ext. 2252. You can also visitwww.healthunit.biz for general information on childhood immunizations.
 
Quick Facts
Health units are required to maintain complete immunization records on every student registered in a school intheir district.Even though y
our child’s immunizations
may be up to date,
Health Unit files may not be
.
Here’s how to
update
your child’s informati
on:
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Physicians do not report to us what immunizations they give in their offices. You must get theinformation from their office and provide it to the Health Unit.
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Your child may have received their immunizations in a different area of Ontario. You may need to contactthe health unit in that area to get the required information and submit it to us.
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If your child’s yellow card lists all the immunizations they have had, you can provide us with a copy. We
can update our records and confirm their records are complete.
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