South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) When a child is
born in the State, the responsible person must give written notice of the
birth to the Registrar including the particulars required by regulation.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2) The notice must be
given—
(a) in
the case of a child born alive—within 7 days after birth;
(b) in
the case of a still-birth—within 48 hours after birth.
(3) When notice of a
still-birth is given, the responsible person must also give a doctor's
certificate in a form approved by the Registrar, certifying the cause of
foetal death, to—
(a) the
Registrar; and
(b) the
funeral director or other person who will be arranging for the disposal of the
human remains.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(4) The certificate
must be completed by the doctor responsible for the professional care of the
mother at the birth or a doctor who examined the body of the still-born child
after the birth.
(5) In this
section—
"responsible person" means—
(a) in
the case of a child born in a hospital or brought to a hospital within
24 hours after birth—the chief executive officer of the hospital;
or
(b) in
other cases—the doctor or midwife responsible for the professional care
of the mother at the birth.