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Service
Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Vital Statistics\
Stillbirth Registration
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| Who Needs This
Registration? |
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Any parent, hospital medical records
director and/or funeral director who is involved with a stillbirth in Nova
Scotia. |
| Issuing Department
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Vital Statistics Office
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
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| Where can you get this Registration and / or further information? |
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Any Local Division Registrar of
Births and Stillbirths properly authorized by the Government of Nova Scotia.
These can be reached through the Medical Records Director at your local
hospital. |
| Application Process: |
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The parent receives the Stillbirth
Registration form at the hospital and completes the demographic information.
The attending physician completes the medical cause of stillbirth and then
gives the completed form to the hospital Medical Records Director. [Note:
a burial permit will also be required.]
The Local Division Registrar of Births and Stillbirths then forwards the
registration to the Vital Statistics Office of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal
Relations. |
| Waiting Period:
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Immediately following the stillbirth
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| Price: |
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Free |
| Expiry : |
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This registration does not expire.
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| Related Requirements:
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Burial Permit
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| Additional Information:
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(For administrative purposes only, contact: the Vital Statistics
Office) |
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Phone
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Outside of Nova Scotia: (902) 424-4381
Toll-Free in Nova Scotia: 1-877-848-2578
Hours: 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except Holidays). |
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Visit
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Vital Statistics
Office
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Joseph Howe Building
Ground Floor
1690 Hollis Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
Canada |
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E-mail
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vstat@gov.ns.ca
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Write:
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Division Registrar Births and Deaths
P.O. Box 157
Halifax, NS B3J 2M9
Canada |
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Fax
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(902) 424-0678 |
| Legislative Authority:
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Vital Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989,
Chapter 494 |
Last Updated: March 2004
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