Determining the competence of a public administration body regarding the enforcement of a mandatory preventive vaccination and requesting a penalty for evading this obligation Cover Image

Ustalenie właściwości organu administracji publicznej w zakresie prowadzenia egzekucji obowiązkowych szczepień ochronnych i występowania z wnioskiem o ukaranie za uchylanie się od tego obowiązku
Determining the competence of a public administration body regarding the enforcement of a mandatory preventive vaccination and requesting a penalty for evading this obligation

Author(s): Sebastian Czechowicz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: obligatory preventive vaccinations; Code of Misdemeanours; public administration bodies;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to determine the authority competent to carry out the execution of the obligation to vaccinate, as well as the authority competent to apply for punishment of those who persistently evade preventive vaccinations on the basis of the Code of Misdemeanours in Poland. After analysing the competencies of the public administration bodies and comparing them with the judicial decisions of the administrative courts and the Supreme Court issued in cases involving mandatory preventive vaccination, which present an inconsistent line of jurisprudence, the author concludes that the enforcement body is the province governor. However, it is necessary to postulate legislative changes, primarily in the area of the possible transfer of competencies from the province governor to the State Sanitary Inspection.

  • Issue Year: 70/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 33-49
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish