Action4Canada - May 22, 2021


Children do not need parental consent for vaccines in BC


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Length

55 seconds

Words per minute

160.84923

Word count

149

Sentence count

5

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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In this episode, Dr. Kelly talks about the changes coming to B.C. s immunization program for young people in 2020. She talks about what's being done to ensure that young people can consent for immunization, and how to make sure they understand the implications of the vaccine.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 And yes, we have what's called mature minor
00:00:02.340 consent here in British Columbia and that's
00:00:05.040 part of the Infants Act and there's no limit
00:00:08.380 to the age that somebody can consent 0.96
00:00:11.280 for medical treatment, including immunization.
00:00:14.120 And that's something that we've worked a lot
00:00:16.620 with youth on across the province over the years
00:00:19.320 and we and public health nurses in particular
00:00:22.760 and public health physicians are very good
00:00:25.520 at assessing and talking to youth.
00:00:28.060 So we'll make sure that resources are available
00:00:30.800 in all of the clinics to assess if a young person
00:00:34.460 comes in by themselves to make sure that they
00:00:37.240 understand the implications and can consent
00:00:40.140 for receiving vaccination.
00:00:42.380 So you don't need to have a parent's consent,
00:00:44.480 you don't need to have a signed consent form.
00:00:46.780 We can do the understanding of the implications
00:00:51.220 of the vaccine and provide young people
00:00:54.080 with the vaccine themselves.