New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 10AG

10AG Restricted birthing practices

(1) A person must not engage in a restricted birthing practice unless the person is:

(a) a registered midwife, or

(b) a registered medical practitioner, or

(c) a medical student or a registered nurse acting under the appropriate supervision of a medical practitioner or of a registered midwife, or

(d) a midwifery student acting under the appropriate supervision of a registered midwife.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) For the purposes of this Division, a restricted birthing practice is a restricted health service.

(3) This section does not apply to the rendering of assistance to a woman who is giving birth to a child where the assistance is rendered in an emergency.

(4) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the following Acts is authorised to ascertain whether this section is being complied with:

(a) Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 ,

(b) Medical Practice Act 1992 .

(5) In this section:
"restricted birthing practice" means the care of a pregnant woman involving the management of the 3 stages of labour and child birth.