Title:

Legal aspects

Description:

This module consists of a session and assessment. The session will provide information to immunisers on the legal aspects of giving vaccines. It will present the information immunisers need to understand about the process of consent and the legal requirements for giving a prescription medicine such as a vaccine. It will also consider the requirements around record keeping and data sharing.

Hierarchy:

Immunisation (IMM) > Legal aspects

Keywords:

legal, immunisation, consent, process, best interests, information, anaphylaxis, law, children, young people, patients, parents, responsibility, adults, treatment, administration, PSD, PGD, care, knowledge, skills, health care assistants

Created:

8 Nov 2017

Updated:

28 Feb 2023