Infectious Diseases (Diphtheria and Measles Vaccination) Regulations 2021

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

For the purposes of these Regulations, a child is regarded as temporarily unfit for vaccination against diphtheria or measles (as the case may be) for the period ending on the specified date in the certificate of temporary unfitness in respect of that child.

In these Regulations, a course of primary diphtheria vaccination consists of 3 injections of diphtheria vaccine.

Subject to this regulation, the parent or guardian of every child must ensure that the child completes a course of primary diphtheria vaccination when the child is 6 weeks of age or older but below 12 months of age.

If a child who is born in Singapore —

If a child who is born outside Singapore arrives in Singapore —

Where, by reason of temporary unfitness, a child does not complete a course of primary diphtheria vaccination in accordance with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) (as the case may be), the child’s parent or guardian must ensure that the child completes the course of primary diphtheria vaccination within the period of 12 months after the specified date in the certificate of temporary unfitness in respect of the child.

The parent or guardian of a child who has completed a course of primary diphtheria vaccination (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) (called in this regulation the applicable child) must ensure that the applicable child receives booster diphtheria vaccinations in accordance with this regulation.

Subject to paragraphs (5), (6) and (8), the applicable child must receive the following booster diphtheria vaccinations:

Subject to paragraphs (5), (7) and (8), if the applicable child —

The booster diphtheria vaccinations mentioned in paragraph (3) are the following:

Paragraph (2) or (3) does not apply if the applicable child starts and completes the course of primary diphtheria vaccination on or after attaining 7 years of age.

Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply if the applicable child receives the booster diphtheria vaccination mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) on or after attaining 7 years of age.

Paragraph (4)(b) does not apply if the applicable child receives the booster diphtheria vaccination mentioned in paragraph (4)(a) on or after attaining 7 years of age.

Where, by reason of temporary unfitness, the applicable child does not receive any booster diphtheria vaccination in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3) (as the case may be), the parent or guardian of the applicable child must ensure that the applicable child receives the booster diphtheria vaccination concerned within the period of 6 months after the specified date in the certificate of temporary unfitness in respect of the applicable child.

In paragraph (4)(a), “applicable period”, in relation to an applicable child, means the period starting on the date the applicable child completes a course of primary diphtheria vaccination and ending on the date the applicable child returns to or arrives in Singapore, as the case may be.

Subject to this regulation, the parent or guardian of a child must ensure that the child completes a course of 2 vaccinations against measles when the child is 12 months of age or older but below 25 months of age.

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), if a child who is born in Singapore —

Subject to paragraph (5), if a child who is born outside Singapore arrives in Singapore —

Subject to paragraph (5), where, by reason of temporary unfitness, a child does not complete a course of 2 vaccinations against measles in accordance with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) (as the case may be), the child’s parent or guardian must ensure that the child completes the course of 2 vaccinations against measles within the period of 12 months after the specified date in the certificate of temporary unfitness in respect of the child.

Paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) does not apply if the child’s parent or guardian submits to the Chief Executive the results of any laboratory test which show that the child —

For the purposes of section 50 of the Act, an exemption certificate for vaccination against diphtheria or measles in the case of a child is a certificate of unfitness issued by a medical practitioner where, in the medical practitioner’s opinion, the child —

The certificate of unfitness must —

For the purposes of section 50(4) of the Act, the medical practitioner mentioned in paragraph (1) must, no later than 7 days after the date the medical practitioner issues a certificate of unfitness, notify the Director or the Chief Executive of the issue of that certificate in the form and manner required by the Director.

Despite regulation 3, regulation 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the revoked Regulations continue to apply to the parent or guardian of a child in Singapore who is born before 1 January 2022 as if those Regulations had not been revoked.

Despite regulation 4, regulation 4 of the revoked Regulations continues to apply in relation to a child residing in Singapore who has received primary diphtheria vaccination before 1 January 2022 as if those Regulations had not been revoked.

For the purposes of paragraph (2), “primary diphtheria vaccination” has the meaning given by regulation 3(2), read with regulation 3(3), of the revoked Regulations.

Despite regulation 5 —

A written notice issued under regulation 17 of the revoked Regulations to a child’s parent or guardian is treated as a written notice issued under regulation 6.

Despite regulation 7, regulation 18 of, and the Third Schedule to, the revoked Regulations continue to apply to and in relation to any medical practitioner who, before 1 January 2022, has vaccinated any child —

A certificate of vaccination against diphtheria or measles (as the case may be) that is issued by a medical practitioner under regulation 18 of the revoked Regulations in respect of a child is treated as a certificate issued by the medical practitioner confirming that that child has been vaccinated against diphtheria or measles (as the case may be) under regulation 7(b).

A certificate of unfitness issued under regulation 19(1) of the revoked Regulations is treated as a certificate of unfitness mentioned in regulation 8(1), and a date specified under regulation 19(2) of the revoked Regulations is treated as a specified date under these Regulations.

Where the certificate of unfitness in paragraph (8) states that the child mentioned in that certificate is temporarily unfit to be vaccinated against diphtheria or measles, as the case may be —

Despite regulation 8(3), regulation 19(4) of the revoked Regulations continues to apply to a medical practitioner who issues a certificate of unfitness under regulation 19 of the revoked Regulations before 1 January 2022 as if those Regulations had not been revoked.

In this regulation, “revoked Regulations” means the Infectious Diseases (Diphtheria and Measles Vaccination) Regulations as in force immediately before 1 January 2022.