Chap. 359.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 690 of chapter 471 of the
acts of assembly of 1928, which chapter is a general revision, amendment
and codification of the school laws, the section to be amended being in
relation to vaccination of pupils. [H B 259]

Approved March 24, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
six hundred and ninety of chapter four hundred and seventy-one of
the acts of assembly of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 690. Teachers shall require of the pupils cleanliness of
the person and good behavior during their attendance at school, and
on their way thereto and back to their homes. Persons suffering with
contagious or infectious disease shall be excluded from the public
schools while in that condition. Every teacher and every pupil shall,
within ten days after entering a public school, furnish a certificate from
a reputable physician certifying that such teacher or pupil has been
successfully vaccinated, or is entitled to exemption by reason of pe-
culiar physical condition. But nothing in this section shall preclude
the school board from requiring immediate vaccination in case of an
epidemic of smallpox, or the annual re-vaccination of those who have
not furnished certificates of proper vaccination. Where a pupil has
not been vaccinated, the board shall, after notifying the parent, guardian
or other person having the custody or control of such child, to do so,
proceed to have such child vaccinated, where the parent, guardian or
other person having such child under control fails or neglects to do so
within the time specified, the cost of which vaccination shall be paid
out of the school funds of the county. The operation of so much of
this section as concerns vaccination may be suspended in whole or in
part by the school board of any county or city by and with the approval
of the State superintendent of public instruction and the State health
commissioner.