Title: How to enrol and get started in Medicare - Enrolling your baby in Medicare - Services Australia
Headings: Enrolling your baby in Medicare
Enrolling your baby in Medicare
If you claim a Centrelink family payment
If you don’t claim a Centrelink family payment
Using your online account or mobile device
Using your Newborn Child Declaration form
Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form
If you don’t have a Newborn Child Declaration form

Content: A doctor or midwife must sign the form on the last page. Use this declaration as proof of your child’s birth to enrol them in Medicare. If you lose your Newborn Child Declaration form, you’ll need your child’s birth certificate to enrol them to Medicare. If your child is over 52 weeks old, you’ll need your child's birth certificate. You can mail or email your Medicare enrolment form to Medicare Enrolment Services with your supporting documents. You don’t need to get your supporting documents certified. Read more about the supporting documents you need to enrol in Medicare. Read about how to enrol your child in Medicare if: you adopted them
they were born overseas. If you claim a Centrelink family payment
You can enrol your baby using your Centrelink online account when you claim any of these family payments: