Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 228F

228F Giving information to chief executive

(1) This section applies if a health professional—

(a) had primary responsibility for the care or treatment of a woman while she was pregnant or within 365 days after the end of her pregnancy; and

(b) is aware of the maternal death of the woman.

(2) The health professional must, within the time prescribed under a regulation, give the chief executive a notification about the death.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) The notification must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) contain the information prescribed under a regulation.