Notice of birth
12(1)Every medical practitioner who attends at the birth of a child within the Province shall give notice of the birth.
12(2)Where no medical practitioner is in attendance at the birth, a person in attendance or the administrator or like official of the hospital facility or other institution shall give the notice of birth.
12(3)The notice of birth shall be on a form provided by the Registrar General and shall be given by delivering or mailing the notice to the Registrar General within the time prescribed by regulation.
12(4)The Registrar General shall preserve the notice so given until such time as the registration of the birth has been completed.
1992, c.52, s.34; 1996, c.24, s.8; 2011, c.37, s.24