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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 214

Definitions for pt 1

214 Definitions for pt 1

In this part—

"baby" means a baby born alive or a baby not born alive.

"baby born alive" means a baby whose heart has beaten after delivery of the baby is completed.

"baby not born alive" means a baby—

(a) who has shown no sign of respiration or heartbeat, or other sign of life, after completely leaving the child’s mother; and
(b) who—
(i) has been gestated for 20 weeks or more; or
(ii) weighs 400 grams or more.

"collection" means the Perinatal Statistics Collection.

"delivery" means the expulsion or extraction of a baby from its mother.

"designated person" , in relation to a delivery, means—
(a) if the delivery happens in a hospital, the person in charge of the hospital; or
(b) if the delivery happens elsewhere than in a hospital—
(i) if the delivery is attended by a doctor—the doctor; or
(ii) if the delivery is not attended by a doctor, but is attended by a midwife—the midwife; or
(iii) if the delivery is not attended by a doctor or midwife but a doctor undertakes the care and treatment of the mother or baby, because of the delivery of the baby, within 3 months of the delivery—the doctor; or
(iv) in any other case—the mother.

"midwife" ...

"Perinatal Statistics Collection" see section 215 (3) .


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