HALIFAX — The Canadian Medical Association says school officials should be able to ask parents for proof that their children have been vaccinated.
A resolution passed Wednesday at the association's annual general meeting in Halifax calls on governments to authorize elementary and secondary schools to require parents to declare their child's immunization status.
The resolution also calls for public health officials to have discussions with parents if their children are inadequately immunized.
CMA president Cindy Forbes says the proposal does not call for mandatory vaccination because doctors realize people don't want to be told what to do.
But Forbes says the gathering of information is critical in order to protect children in the event of an infectious disease outbreak.
She says the CMA is looking for federal leadership in establishing a national registry of immunizations.
