Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (i) "Parent" means the father or mother of a legitimate child and the mother of an illegitimate child. (ii) "Guardian" means any person to whom the care, nurture or custody of any child falls by law or by natural right or recognised usage, or who has accepted or assumed the care, nurture or custody of any child or to whom the care, nurture or custody of any child has been entrusted by any authority lawfully authorised in that behalf. (iii) "Vaccinator" means any Health Assistant appointed by the Government to perform the operation of vaccination or any Medical Officer appointed by the Government or a private Medical Practitioner possessing the qualifications not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon. (iv) "Child" means a boy or girl who has not attained the age of eighteen years. (v) "Unprotected child" means a child who has not been protected from smallpox by having had that disease naturally or by having been successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated within seven years immediately preceding. (vi) "Unprotected person" means a person who has no visible marks of small pox or is unable to produce satisfactory evidence of successful vaccination or re-vaccination carried out within seven years immediately preceding. (vii) "Vaccination Depot" includes a place or building where vaccination is performed free of charge by direction of the [Director of Health Services]. (viii) "Person" means a male or female who has attained the age of 18 years. (ix) "Inspecting Officer" means the Health Inspector appointed by the Government or the Joint District Medical Officer of Health or "Health Officer" notified under the Travancore-Cochin Public Health Act, 1955 or any person authorised by Government to inspect vaccinations performed by a Vaccinator. (x) "Local Area" means a Panchayat area. Substituted by Kerala Decentralisation of Powers Act, 2000 (Act 16 of 2000) published in K. G. Ext. No. 869 dt. 12/05/2000. Prior to substitution it read as "Director of Public Health".