How to provide consent for your child to receive a vaccination at school

Important information

If your child does not have a Medicare card, consent for vaccination can be still given by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.

1. From the NSW School Vaccination Program homepage select Provide consent. The School Vaccination Consent Form will display.
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2. In the School Clinic section:
   
   1. Select your child’s school
      
   2. School Year
   
3. In the Your Child’s Details section:
   1. ​Enter their Given Name
   2. ​Enter their Family Name
   3. Select their Sex
   4. Select Indigenous status
   5. Enter your child's date of birth in the format DD-MM-YYYY​
   ​ Note: If child has only one name, select the tick box Child has no Given Name or Family Name.​​​​

4. In the Parent/Guardian Details section, select your Relationship to student.
   
5. In the Australian Address section, type in the child’s address.
   
6. ​​In the Child’s Medicare Details section:
1. ​Enter the child’s Medicare number
2. ​Enter the child’s Individual reference number (IRN)

7. Select the Parent Information Sheet to read the benefits and risks vaccination.​
   

   

8. Read and select the declaration statements to indicate:
   1. You have read and understood the Parent Information Sheet
   2. You have read and understood the Privacy Statement
   3. Your child does not have any of the listed medical conditions
   

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   Important information
   

   If the child has any of the listed medical conditions, it may not be suitable for them to receive the vaccination and you should seek medical advice.

9. In the Consented Vaccines section, select to indicate your consent of the vaccines.
   
   Note: Consent must be provided for a child to receive their vaccination. Students over the age of 18 can provide their own consent.
10. Enter any additional comments you would like the school to be aware of in the Additional Comment field.
    
11. Select Submit.
    
    All information you have entered has been saved and consent has been recorded.
    
12. The ​Consent Recorded page will display with important details for you to read. A copy of the consent will be text and emailed to you.
    
13. To provide consent for another child, select Provide consent for another child.
    
    A new School Vaccination Consent Form will display. Follow steps 2-11 of this guide to complete the form.
    
14. To return to the School Vaccination Program homepage select Return to home.
    
    The School Vaccination Program homepage will display.
    

How to withdraw consent

1. From the NSW School Vaccination Program homepage select Edit consent.
   
   The Manage Consent Form will display.
2. In the Manage Consent form, select the relevant checkboxes to withdraw consent.
   
   Enter any additional comments you would like in the Additional Comment field.
3. Select the relevant Parent Information Sheet to read the benefits and risks of vaccination. The Parent Information Sheet is available in other languages by selecting the option Information in other languages.​
   
   
   
   A new browser tab will open to display the selected Parent Information Sheet.
4. Select Confirm.
   
   The Manage consent page will display.
   
5. The consent status will now display Consent withdrawn.
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   Consent for the dTpa vaccination has been withdrawn. To ensure the student is not vaccinated, consent must be withdrawn individually for each vaccine.
   Note: Consent must be provided for a child to receive their vaccination at school.
   

How to edit your child’s personal details

1. From the NSW School Vaccination Program homepage, select Edit information in the Manage Consent section.
   
   The Edit information form will display.
   
2. In the Edit information form, update the relevant fields.
   The information that can be edited is:
   
   • Given Name
   • Family Name
   • Sex
   • Indigenous status
   • Date of birth
   • Parent Details: Relationship to student
   • Child’s Australian Address
     
   •  Child's Medicare details
     
   If you wish to change school year, consent must be withdrawn and a new consent must be provided​.
   
3. ​ Select Confirm.
   
   The changes have been saved and the Manage consent page will display.
   

How to edit your personal details

1. From the NSW School Vaccination Program homepage, select Your Name and select Update My Personal Details.
   
   The Please Update Your Personal Details As The Parent or Guardian page will display.
   
2. In the Please Update Your Personal Details As The Parent or Guardian form, update the relevant field.
   

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The information that can be edited is:


• Given Name
• Family Name
• Mobile number
• Best alternate number

If you do not have a Given or Family name, select the tick box I have No Given Name or Family Name.




3. Select Confirm.
   
   The changes have been saved and the Manage consent page will display.