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.