South Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH CARE REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 27

27—Provision of pregnancy outcome information

        (1)         The following persons must provide the Minister with so much of the information required by Schedule 2 Part 1 as is applicable in the particular circumstances:

            (a)         if a baby is born at a place other than a hospital—the person in charge of the birth;

            (b)         if a baby is born in a hospital—the person responsible for the management of the hospital;

            (c)         if, within 28 days after its birth, a baby or its mother or both a baby and its mother are admitted to a hospital—the person responsible for the management of the hospital.

        (2)         For the purposes of subregulation (1), the applicable information must be forwarded to the Minister—

            (a)         in the case of a baby that has not been discharged from hospital within 28 days after its birth—within 7 days after the baby's discharge; or

            (b)         in any other case—within 30 days after the birth of the baby.

        (3)         If, within 28 days after the birth of a baby at a place other than a hospital, the baby or its mother or both the baby and its mother are admitted to a hospital—

            (a)         the person in charge of the birth must, within 2 days after the admission, forward to the person responsible for the management of the hospital so much of the information required by Schedule 2 Part 1 as is applicable up to the time of the admission; and

            (b)         subregulation (1) applies to both the person in charge of the birth and the person responsible for the management of the hospital.

        (4)         If, within 28 days after the birth of a baby, the baby or its mother or both the baby and its mother are transferred from 1 hospital (the "transferor hospital") to another (the "transferee hospital )—

            (a)         the person responsible for the management of the transferor hospital must, within 2 days after the transfer, forward to the person responsible for the management of the transferee hospital so much of the information required by Schedule 2 Part 1 as is applicable up to the time of the transfer; and

            (b)         subregulation (1) applies to both the person responsible for the management of the transferor hospital and the person responsible for the management of the transferee hospital.

        (5)         For the purposes of this regulation, if a baby is born at a place other than a hospital, the "person in charge of the birth" is—

            (a)         if a medical practitioner supervises, attends or assists the birth or attends the baby or its mother immediately following the birth—the medical practitioner;

            (b)         if there is more than 1 such medical practitioner—the medical practitioner primarily responsible;

            (c)         if no medical practitioner supervises, attends or assists the birth or attends the baby or its mother immediately following the birth but a midwife does so—the midwife;

            (d)         if there is more than 1 such midwife—the midwife primarily responsible.