Southeast Public Health is reminding parents and guardians to make sure that their school-aged children have up-to-date vaccination records, as required by Ontario’s Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).

According to the ISPA, all elementary and secondary school students must either “be immunized or have a valid exemption on record” for a list of diseases that SEPH outlined in a media release on Wednesday.

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Those diseases include measles, mumps, rubella, diptheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis, meningococcal disease, plus varicella (chickenpox) for children born in 2010 or later.

“Students who do not meet ISPA requirements will be suspended from school for up to 20 school days,” the release from the public health unit stated. “SEPH will review all student immunizatio

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