Since 2003, the number of parents in Poland has been expanding steadily since the compulsory vaccination of children. Data from the National Institute of Public wellness show a worrying trend – as many as 87,344 cases of non-vaccination were reported in 2023, while there were only 3437 in 2010. We remind you that in the current legal state, there are many possibilities for parents to defend their kid from coercion at the same time, while avoiding being punished by the voivode. If you want to learn how to avoid punishment and defend your kid from vaccination, read the full material and contact our law firm for paid legal advice.
Dramatic increase in vaccination waivers – latest statistics
Based on 1000 children 0-19 years old This indicator was:
- 0,7 in 2012,
- 6.6 in 2019,
- 9.9 in 2022,
- 11.8 in 2023.
Say the most in relation to the number of inhabitants, were recorded in voivodships:
West Pomeranian,
Pomeranian,
Podlasie,
Wielkopolska,
Lublin,
opolski,
Silesian.
Minimum cases of repeal registered in voivodships Kuwaiti-Pomeranian and Świętokrzyskie.
Fines for not grafting a kid – how much can you pay?
Parents who do not vaccinate children can be punished fine up to PLN 10,000, applied repeatedly (including up to PLN 50,000). In practice, however, penalties are lower – most frequently than 200 to 1000 zł.
What's the procedure?
- Reminder – the wellness department calls for the kid to be vaccinated.
- Implementing title – if the parent does not respond, the case goes to the voivode.
- Fine – can be applied repeatedly.
W 2023:
- 7877 reminders (growth from 6399 in 2022),
- 4718 implementing titles (in 2022 – 3150),
- 4383 applications for execution (in 2022 – 3138).
Record penalties in 2024
In any voivodships the number of fines rapidly increased:
- Subcarpathian: from 30 in 2023. au 358 in 2024,
- Pomorskie: from 305 to 958,
- Kujawsko-pomorskie: from 224 to 663,
- West Pomeranian: increase of penalties from PLN 215 1000 to PLN 457.5 thousand.
Are parental penalties effective? GIS proposes changes
Chief Sanitary Inspector, Paweł Grzesiowskiconsiders that the current strategy of penalties is not effective and proposes replacing fines mandates:
"Today's fines for non-vaccinating amount to PLN tens of thousands, while we propose respective hundred-gold mandates, enforced almost immediately" said on TVN24.
Checks on vaccination cards – fresh provisions from 1 April
Since the beginning of April sanepid checks vaccination records above 8000 pointsto prepare digital register. Checks will include 7.5 million children and adolescents (from birth to 19).
Summary
- Number of non-vaccinations grows year by year.
- The most repeals are in western and northern Poland.
- Fines for not inoculating a kid can scope PLN 50,000but in practice they are lower.
- GIS wants to introduce fines alternatively of advanced penalties.
- Still checks on vaccination records before introduction digital register.
Parents' awareness is increasing and we supply legal assistance to avoid punishments forcing vaccination
Because of the expanding cognition of parents about vaccines given to their children, they are increasingly refusing to participate in the vaccination thresholds. The consequence of the refusal is the initiation of proceedings by the PPS and the Provincial Office. These proceedings consequence in a severe financial punishment on the child's legal guardians.
As mentioned above, punishment is imposed on legal guardians for refusing to implement the vaccination programme resulting from the vaccination calendar.
Is there so a anticipation to avoid this punishment if legal guardians do not want to give compulsory vaccines to children?
Of course I do. However, it is surely not essential to underestimate calls for a qualifying examination that the child's legal guardians receive from the wellness clinic, as specified behaviour is the basis for imposing a fine.
I would like to remind you that the decision of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw in the judgement delivered in Case V Sa/Wa 2364/24 of 05.02.2025, according to which it is apparent that the body performing the vaccination is obliged to analyse which of the late vaccinations has expired due to the expiry of the time period resulting from the vaccination calendar annexed to the MZ Regulation of 27 September 2023. On the basis of this ruling, it should be concluded that late vaccination cannot be performed at present if it is included in the calendar for expired vaccination.
We remind you that a kid is besides given a vaccine a fewer hours after birth for which the parent of the kid agrees completely unconsciously, signing papers in postnatal shock. That's why it's so crucial to prepare a pregnant female well before you go to the infirmary and have a baby.
If you are curious in how to prevent a kid from being vaccinated as a consequence of the “compulsory” vaccination calendar without imposing a financial penalty, delight request a paid legal advice in this area.
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