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

Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: The Immunization against Yellow Fever, B.E. 2560 (2017)

Published in the Government Gazette 21 December B.E. 2560 (2017); in force from 22 December B.E. 2560 (2017)

Whereas it is expedient to require travellers from Yellow Fever infected zone to receive immunization prior to entry into the Kingdom of Thailand for the benefit of the surveillance of, prevention against, and controlling of the entry of Yellow Fever, a dangerous communicable disease, into the Kingdom of Thailand;

By virtue of section 5 paragraph 1 and section 6 (3) of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Health by and with advice from the National Communicable Disease Committee, hereby issues the following Notification:

Clause 1. In this Notification:

“Yellow Fever infected zone” means localities or port cities outside the Kingdom which have been designated as a Yellow Fever infected zone by the Minister of Public Health.

Clause 2. A certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever shall be effective 10 days after the date of vaccination. In case of a booster vaccination, the certificate shall be effective from the date of the vaccination. A certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever shall be valid for the life-time of the respective vaccinated traveller.

Clause 3. Travellers from Yellow Fever infected zone are required to provide a certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever to a communicable disease control officer stationed at the international communicable disease control checkpoint.

Clause 4. Where travellers from Yellow Fever infected zone are unable to provide a certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever or provide an invalid one, the communicable disease control officer stationed at the international communicable disease control checkpoint shall take one of the following actions:

(1) Issue an order prohibiting the conveyance owner or conveyance operator from entering the Kingdom of Thailand in accordance with section 39 (5) of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015); or

(2) Issue a written order instructing the conveyance owner or conveyance operator to take one of the actions specified in section 40 of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015).

Clause 5. Where travellers from Yellow Fever infected zone provide a certificate of vaccination against yellow fever that has not yet become effective as specified under Clause 2, the communicable disease control officer stationed at the international communicable disease control checkpoint shall issue a written order requiring the isolation, quarantine, or control for observation of such person, whichever is appropriate, until the certificate of vaccination against yellow fever becomes effective.

The isolation, quarantine, or control for observation under paragraph 1 shall not exceed 10 days from the date of the yellow fever vaccination.

Clause 6. This Notification shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

Announced on the 23rd Day of November, B.E. 2560 (2017)

Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn

Minister of Public Health

Unofficial English translation by the Division of Legal Affairs, Department of Disease Control (August 2025), book page 123; the Thai text prevails.