In a news release Tuesday, the city said parents should review what vaccines their child has with their doctor, and then report those records to its public health division. The city says it plans to review over 54,000 vaccine records for students age 7 and up, with a goal of screening all local students by 2017-2018. Providing these records to the city is mandatory — Hamilton's school boards suspended 70 students from 20 schools last December for not providing updated immunization records in the first wave of checks to be done by the city. Exemptions still existThough a child's immunization records might be up to date, their public health records might not be, the city warns. The other option for vaccine exemption is if a child can't get a vaccine for medical reasons such as immunocompromisation — like someone undergoing chemotherapy.

Source: CBC News August 23, 2016 16:43 UTC