Immunisation records and registers

An immunisation record refers to a person’s immunisation history and includes details about when and what vaccines have been administered.

Australian Immunisation Register

Medicare, Department of Human Services hosts the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), the national register that records vaccines given to people of all ages living in Australia. The AIR records all National Immunisation Program (NIP), State-funded and privately purchased vaccines. 

From 1 July 2021, it became mandatory for health professionals administering COVID-19, flu and National Immunisation Program vaccines to report this information to the AIR.

It is the responsibility of those administering the vaccine to ensure records have been uploaded correctly to the AIR.

Immunisation History Statements

Immunisation History Statements may be necessary for child care, and school enrolment, employment at certain workplaces and are currently used to determine eligibility for some family assistance payments under the No Jab No Pay Policy. Immunisation history statements are available from the AIR.

Statements are automatically generated upon completion of the childhood vaccination schedule (usually around four years of age) and are mailed to the address most recently recorded by Medicare for that individual. Parents of children under 14 years of age, and young individuals between 14 and 20 years, can obtain an AIR Statement.

AIR Statements can be accessed in the following ways:

Vaccinations given through school programs should also appear in this statement.

For incomplete records, such as a dose of a vaccine not being recorded, including a COVID-19 vaccine, contact the immunisation service provider to have the record manually uploaded to the AIR.

COVID-19 digital certificates can be added to your Apple or Google Wallet, or accessed using the Medicare Express Plus app. For more information on getting proof of your COVID-19 vaccination, visit the Services Australia website.

If you are travelling overseas, see the Smartraveller website for advice on vaccination requirements for the countries you are visiting.

Missing records for a COVID-19 vaccine

If you received your COVID-19 vaccine at a non-SA Health vaccination site, for example, a GP or pharmacy, please contact the immunisation provider directly.

If you received a COVID-19 vaccine at a SA Health vaccination site, and the record is not on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), please e-mail healthimmunisationadmin@sa.gov.au and include your:

  • full name (as appears on your Medicare card, Health Care Card or Australian passport)
  • date of birth
  • contact details, and
  • name of SA Health vaccination clinic attended.

The relevant Local Health Network (LHN) will be notified and asked to upload this record onto the AIR.

School immunisation records

Students who received vaccines through the School Immunisation Program are provided with a School Immunisation Program - Personal Immunisation Record at the time they are immunised. All vaccines given in the school program are submitted to the AIR. The National HPV Vaccination Program Register (HPV Register) collected information of individuals vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) up until 1 November 2018. Now all HPV vaccination records have been transferred onto the AIR.

School Immunisation Program immunisation records are included on Immunisation history statements. For incomplete records or for copies of school immunisation records prior to 1996, contact the immunisation provider (PDF 456KB) who administered the vaccines; in most cases this is the local council where the school is located.

Health professionals: Registering and accessing the AIR

Medical practitioners, midwives or nurse practitioners with a Medicare provider number are automatically recognised as vaccination providers and are authorised to record, and or report the data to the AIR and can also extract certain immunisation data from the AIR. These health professionals need a PRODA account to access the AIR as the Department of Human Services turned off individual authentication files on 1 July 2021.

Further information is available on the Department of Human Services website, and the Australian Government Services Australia HPOS access webpage.

Other vaccination providers (such as pharmacists)

Other vaccination providers must apply to become a recognised vaccination provider to access the AIR site. Refer to the Approved organisations for delivering specified immunisation programs page for more information.