Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015) · immunisation

Notification of the National Communicable Disease Committee Re: Issuance of Certificate of Immunization (No.2), B.E. 2567 (2024)

Published in the Government Gazette 29 April B.E. 2567 (2024); in force from 29 April B.E. 2567 (2024)

Whereas it is expedient to revise the criteria, procedures, and conditions regarding the assignment of persons authorized to issue the certificate of immunization under the Notification of the National Communicable Disease Committee Re: Issuance of Certificate of Immunization, B.E. 2566 (2023), for the purpose of global communicable disease prevention;

By virtue of section 43 of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015), the National Communicable Disease Committee hereby issues the following Notification:

Clause 1. This Notification is called “Notification of the National Communicable Disease Committee Re: Issuance of Certificate of Immunization (No.2), B.E. 2567 (2024)”.

Clause 2. This Notification shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

Clause 3. The provision under clause 7 of the Notification of the National Communicable Disease Committee Re: Issuance of Certificate of Immunization, B.E. 2566 (2023), shall be repealed and replaced with the following:

“Clause 7. The Director-General of the Department of Disease Control shall consider assigning authority to individuals who are officials of government agencies or state entities, personnel of the Thai Red Cross Society, or personnel of medical facilities under the law on medical facilities, possessing any of the following qualifications, to issue the certificate of immunization:

(1) Medical doctors licensed to practice medicine;

(2) Registered professional nurses licensed to practice nursing and midwifery at the highest level;

(3) Persons appointed as communicable disease control officers under the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015).”

Announced on the 4th Day of April, B.E. 2567 (2024)

Chonlanan Srikaew

Minister of Public Health

Chairperson of the National Communicable Disease Committee

Unofficial English translation by the Division of Legal Affairs, Department of Disease Control (August 2025), book page 227; the Thai text prevails.