Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 48A

    (1)     If the CCOPMM determines that a maternal death, stillbirth or death of a child was likely to have been preventable, the Chairperson of the CCOPMM must provide a report to the Secretary of that death or stillbirth.

    (2)     If the CCOPMM determines that an instance of severe obstetric or paediatric morbidity was likely to have been preventable, the Chairperson of the CCOPMM must provide a report to the Secretary of that morbidity.

    (3)     A report under subsection (1) or (2) must include the following—

        (a)     the type of incident causing the mortality or morbidity;

        (b)     the health service connected with the mortality or morbidity, if any;

        (c)     how the mortality or morbidity was likely to have been preventable;

        (d)     the status of any investigation by CCOPMM of the incident;

        (e)     any remedial action taken by the relevant health service.

S. 48B inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 94.