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| Other Topics in this Issue: Breast Cancer
Detection |
Cancer Registries Nevada and New York each amended their cancer registries laws. With the passage of A.B. 599, Nevada requires that hospitals, medical laboratories, and other facilities that provide cancer screening, diagnostic, or therapeutic services to report information on cases of cancer to the previously established cancer reporting system. Physicians diagnosing or treating cancer patients not otherwise reported also must report such cases to the system. New York's Cancer Research Improvement Act of 1997 (S.B. 3000) requires every physician, dentist, other health care provider, and person in charge of a laboratory or cancer reporting facility to report, within 180 days of diagnosis, every case of cancer or other malignant disease to the state Department of Health ("Department"). Hospitals, clinics, and other similar public or private institutions are considered cancer reporting facilities. A mandated reporter violating any provision of the cancer registry law is subject to a civil penalty. Beginning December 23, 1997, the Department must: (1) establish, update, and make available a manual and a data dictionary specifying data elements to be reported; and (2) provide training programs to ensure quality, timeliness, and compliance with this Act. The Commissioner of Health must submit specified quarterly and annual reports to the Governor, the temporary President of the Senate, and the speaker of the Assembly. Effective September 24, 1999, the Department must meet nationally recognized cancer registry goals. |
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