Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 48

        A report of a birth in the form approved by CCOPMM must be submitted to CCOPMM within the prescribed period by—

        (a)     if the birth occurs in a health service, the proprietor of the health service; or

        (b)     if the birth does not occur in a health service—

              (i)     the midwife who is in attendance upon the mother at the time of the birth; or

              (ii)     if subparagraph (i) does not apply, the registered medical practitioner who is in attendance upon the mother at the time of the birth; or

        (c)     if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—

              (i)     if the mother or the child is admitted to a health service because of the birth of the child, the proprietor of the health service; or

              (ii)     in any other case, the registered medical practitioner who undertakes the care and treatment of the mother or the child because of the birth of the child.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

S. 48A inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 94.