1Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations

CrestWestern Australia

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911

Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations

Western Australia

Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations

Contents

1. Citation 1

2. Notification of stillbirth or death of neonate 1

Schedule

Appendix

Notes

Compilation table 6

Western Australia

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911

Notification of Stillbirth and Neo‑Natal Death Regulations

1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Notification of Stillbirth and Neo‑Natal Death Regulations 1.

2. Notification of stillbirth or death of neonate

(1) Where a medical practitioner gives a death certificate in relation to any child who died within 28 days of his birth, he shall notify the Chief Health Officer of the fact in the Form No. 1 in the Appendix, within 48 hours of the death certificate being given.

(2) A medical practitioner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable to a penalty which is not more than $1 000 and not less than —

(a) in the case of a first offence, $100;

(b) in the case of a second offence, $200; and

(c) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, $500.

[Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 29 Jun 1984 p. 1782; 23 Dec 1988 p. 4974; 10 Jan 2017 p. 297.]

Schedule

Appendix

Form No. 1

Western Australia

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911

STILLBIRTH AND NEO-NATAL DEATH NOTIFICATION

To Chief Health Officer

Name of Mother ........................... Home Address .......................... Age .............

Place of Birth .........................................................................................................

Gestation Period ...................... Birth Weight ...................... Sex of Foetus ..........

Single/Plural Birth ................................................ Time of Birth .........................

Date of Birth ............................... Date of Death (if Neo‑Natal) ...........................

NOTE: Neo‑Natal death for the purpose of this report includes death within 28 days of birth.

Please indicate with a tick whichever is applicable.