Minnesota Administrative Rules

4606.3303 COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS OF CANCER.

Subpart 1.

Cancer registries.

Cancer registries shall forward by first class mail, by messenger, or by electronic means, case reports to the commissioner within 15 working days of the date the patient's record in the cancer registry was completed.

Subp. 2.

Medical laboratories.

Medical laboratories shall forward by first class mail, by messenger, or by electronic means, case reports to the commissioner for all cases of cancer within 15 working days of the date of diagnosis.

Subp. 3.

Hospitals and medical clinics.

Hospitals and medical clinics shall forward by first class mail, by messenger, or by electronic means, case reports to the commissioner for all cases of cancer diagnosed in the institution within 15 working days of the date of diagnosis.

Subp. 4.

Physicians and dentists.

A.

Physicians and dentists who diagnose cancer in humans shall forward by first class mail, by messenger, or by electronic means, case reports to the commissioner within 15 working days of the date of diagnosis.

B.

A physician or dentist is exempted from item A if the physician or dentist (i) is working within a hospital, medical clinic, or medical laboratory required to report by this part, (ii) knows the case was admitted to a hospital required to report by this part, or (iii) has received, from a medical laboratory required to report by this part, a written report indicating the presence of cancer in the case.

Subp. 5.

Designating a reporting entity.

Alternatively, cancer registries, medical laboratories, hospitals, medical clinics, or any combination of these within or as part of an institution, may notify the commissioner of the identity of a reporting entity to report on behalf of the institution and as such shall meet the requirements of cancer reporting under subparts 1 to 4.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.05; 144.671 to 144.69; 144.672

History:

13 SR 528; 36 SR 615

Published Electronically:

November 30, 2011