PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 84 Medical referee's permit: still-born children

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 84

84 Medical referee's permit: still-born children

(1) A medical referee who receives an application for cremation of the body of a still-born child may, subject to subclauses (2) and (3), issue a cremation permit in the approved form.

(2) A medical referee must not issue a cremation permit for the body of a still-born child unless--

(a) the child has been certified to be still-born by a medical practitioner who was in attendance at the delivery of the child, or

(b) the medical referee is satisfied, after any inquiries the medical referee thinks necessary, that the child was still-born.

(3) A medical referee must not issue a cremation permit for the body of a still-born child if--

(a) the medical referee has administered professional care or treatment to the child or the child's mother at any time in the 6 months preceding death, or

(b) the medical referee is the parent or grandparent of the child.