49Normal risk pregnancies

49 Normal risk pregnancies

49 Normal risk pregnancies

(1) A facility must have support services, infrastructure and staff with appropriate clinical expertise to provide care for normal risk pregnancies, including the following—

(a) obstetricians, anaesthetists and a paediatrician on call at all times,

(b) a medical practitioner at the facility at all times,

(c) experienced midwives on duty at all times,

(d) established links with clinical nurse consultants or clinical nurse educators in midwifery and neonatal nursing.

(2) Subsection (1)(b) and (c) do not apply to the Birthing on Country demonstration facility within the meaning of Division 3.