Western Australia Health Act 1911 Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations | | | | | | |Reprinted under | | | |the Reprints Act | | | |1984 as at 10 | | | |October 2003 | Western Australia Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations CONTENTS 1. Citation 1 2. Notification of stillbirth or death of neonate 1 Schedule 3 Appendix 4 Notes Compilation table 7 | |[pic] | | | | |Reprinted under | | | |the Reprints Act | | | |1984 as at 10 | | | |October 2003 | Western Australia Health Act 1911 Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations 1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations 1. 2. Notification of stillbirth or death of neonate (1) Where a medical practitioner gives a death certificate in relation to any child who died within 28 days of his birth, he shall notify the Executive Director, Public Health of the fact in the Form No. 1 in the Appendix, within 48 hours of the death certificate being given. (2) A medical practitioner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable to a penalty which is not more than $1 000 and not less than - (a) in the case of a first offence, $100; (b) in the case of a second offence, $200; and (c) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, $500. [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 29 Jun 1984 p. 1782; 23 Dec 1988 p. 4974.] Schedule Appendix Form No. 1 Western Australia Health Act 1911 STILLBIRTH AND NEO-NATAL DEATH NOTIFICATION To Executive Director, Public Health and Scientific Support Services Name of Mother ........................... Home Address .......................... Age ............. Place of Birth ............................................................................ ............................. Gestation Period ...................... Birth Weight ...................... Sex of Foetus .......... Single/Plural Birth ................................................ Time of Birth ......................... Date of Birth ............................... Date of Death (if Neo-Natal) ........................... NOTE: Neo-Natal death for the purpose of this report includes death within 28 days of birth. Please indicate with a tick whichever is applicable. 1. - General Health of Mother Tuberculosis ........................................ Diseases of the blood .......................... Rheumatic Fever and sequelae ............ Diabetes ............................................... Other Cardiac Disease ......................... Tumours of uterus and adnexa ............ Essential hypertension ......................... Mental disorders .................................. Chronic Nephritis ................................ 2. - Acute Infectious Disease of Mother Rubella ................................................ Other virus disease .............................. Measles ................................................ Other acute infective disease .............. Mumps ................................................. (State week of pregnancy in which Influenza .............................................. onset occurred) .............................. 3. - Maternal Disease of Pregnancy Hyperemesis ........................................ Placenta Praevia .................................. Pre-eclampsia ...................................... Other Antepartum Haemorrhage Eclampsia ............................................ Pyelonephritis ................................ Hydramnios ......................................... 4. - Abnormal Duration of Labour Duration over 48 hours ....................... 5. - Abnormality of Presentation Persistent occipito-posterior ............... Face and brow ..................................... Uncomplicated breech ........................ Transverse and oblique ....................... Complicated breech ............................ 6. - Abnormality of Pelvis Contracted pelvis ................................. 7. - Accidents of Labour Rupture of uterus.................................. Failed forceps ..................................... 8. - Labour (a) Normal ......................................... (c) Instrumental ................................. (b) Manipulative - Forceps delivery .......................... External version before labour .... Embryoctomy and craniotomy .... Surgical induction ....................... Caesarean section ........................ Version in labour ......................... 9. - Abnormality of Foetus Congenital malformation .................... Foetal disease due to maternal Erythroblastosis foetalis...................... disease ............................................ Macerated foetus................................. (State disease, see Sect. 1, 2 and 3 above.) 10. - Abnormalities of Placenta and Cord Manual removal ................................... Other ................................................... Prolapse and presentation .................... 11. - Neo-Natal Complications Intracranial and spinal injury at birth .... Other birth injury ................................ Post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis ..... 12. - Other Disease Peculiar to Early Pregnancy Erythroblastosis ................................... Other ................................................... Haemorrhagic disease of new born ..... 13. - Principal Pre-Medication Morphine ............................................. Pethidine ............................................. 14. - Principal Anaesthetics Chloroform .......................................... Cyclopropane ...................................... Ether .................................................... Ethylene .............................................. Trilene ................................................. Intravenous agents - Ethyl chloride ...................................... Pentothal, Evipan ........................... Nitrous oxide ....................................... Relaxing Agents ............................ Other Remarks ............................................................................ ......................................................... Date .............................................. ................................................ ................ Signature of Medical Practitioner. [Appendix amended in Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2620.] Notes 1 This reprint is a compilation as at 10 October 2003 of the Notification of Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Death Regulations and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint. Compilation table |Citation |Gazettal |Commencement | |Notification of |15 Apr 19|15 Apr 1955 | |Stillbirth and |55 | | |Neo-Natal Death |p. 712-14| | |Regulations | | | |Health Legislation |29 Jun 19|1 Jul 1984 (see | |Amendment Regulations |84 |r. 2) | |1984 r. 4 |p. 1780-4| | |Health (Offences and |23 Dec 19|23 Dec 1988 | |Penalties) Amendment |88 | | |Regulations (No. 2) |p. 4970-5| | |1988 Pt. 16 | | | |Equality of Status |30 Jun 20|1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2| |Subsidiary Legislation |03 |and Gazette | |Amendment |p. 2581-6|30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)| |Regulations 2003 Pt. 29|38 | | |Reprint 1: The Notification of Stillbirth and | |Neo-Natal Death Regulations as at 10 Oct 2003 | |(includes amendments listed above) |