Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 S.R. No. 8/2012 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objectives 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Revocation 2 5 Prescribed health service establishments 2 6 Hospital and prescribed health service establishment reports 2 7 Prescribed register reports 2 8 Pathology services reports 3 9 Schedules 2, 3 and 4 substituted 3 __________________ SCHEDULES 8 SCHEDULE 1—Prescribed Health Service Establishments 8 SCHEDULE 2 9 SCHEDULE 3 11 SCHEDULE 4 12 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 13 -- 1 of 14 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2012 S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer Act 1958 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 21 February 2012 Responsible Minister: DAVID DAVIS Minister for Health MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objectives The objectives of these Regulations are— (a) to prescribe health service establishments required to report cancer to the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria under the Cancer Act 1958; and (b) to prescribe the timing of and the forms for the reporting of cancer to the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria by persons required to report cancer under the Cancer Act 1958. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 60(4) of the Cancer Act 1958. 3 Commencement (1) These Regulations (except regulation 9) come into operation on 2 March 2012. (2) Regulation 9 comes into operation on 1 July 2013. -- 2 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 4 Revocation The Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 1 are revoked. 5 Prescribed health service establishments For the purposes of section 60(1) of the Cancer Act 1958, a health service establishment specified in Schedule 1 is a prescribed health service establishment. 6 Hospital and prescribed health service establishment reports For the purposes of section 60(1) of the Cancer Act 1958— (a) the prescribed time to report is within 30 days from the date the proprietor becomes aware that a patient is suffering or commences to suffer from cancer; and (b) the prescribed form for a report is the form set out in Schedule 2. 7 Prescribed register reports For the purposes of section 60(1A) of the Cancer Act 1958— (a) the prescribed time to report is within 90 days from the date the person in charge of an organisation that maintains a prescribed register becomes aware that a patient, whose information is included in the prescribed register maintained by that organisation, is suffering or commences to suffer from cancer; and (b) the prescribed form for a report is the form set out in Schedule 3. r. 4 -- 3 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 8 Pathology services reports For the purposes of section 60(2) of the Cancer Act 1958— (a) the prescribed time to report is within 30 days from the date the person in charge of a place where cancer tests are undertaken becomes aware that a cancer test indicates that a person on whom the test was undertaken is suffering from cancer; and (b) the prescribed form for a report is the form set out in Schedule 4. 9 Schedules 2, 3 and 4 substituted For Schedules 2, 3 and 4 substitute— "SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 6 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of hospital or prescribed health service establishment Hospital identification number Hospital unit record number Patient details: Medicare number (if known) Individual Health Identifier (if known) Surname Given name(s) Maiden name (if applicable) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Occupation Country of birth r. 8 -- 4 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Language spoken at home (if known) Name of doctor in charge of case: Address Telephone number Name of general practitioner: Address Telephone number Date of first admission for this cancer Date of diagnosis of this cancer Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status at time of diagnosis (if known) Vital status Date of death/Date last known to be alive Investigations relevant to diagnosis of cancer Laterality of primary cancer Morphology of primary cancer Grade/differentiation of primary cancer Staging details (if available): Staging of site specific Tumour Nodes Metastasis (T.N.M.) details based on current edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Cancer Staging Manual; or Other internationally recognised site specific staging systems, including the Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et D'Obstetrique (FIGO) staging system for gynaecological cancers; or Degree of spread of cancer details: Localised to the tissue of origin Invasion of adjacent tissue or organs Regional lymph nodes Distant metastases r. 9 -- 5 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel If melanoma— Melanoma thickness Melanoma level of invasion Treatment details for each primary tumour: Details of initial treatment Details of treatment of recurrence(s) (if any) Cancer recurrence information: Date of cancer recurrence Site(s) of cancer recurrence Name of person completing form Date of completing form __________________ SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 7 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of prescribed register Prescribed register identification number Patient details: Individual Health Identifier (if known) Surname Given name(s) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (if known) Country of birth (if known) Language spoken at home (if known) r. 9 -- 6 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Name of doctor in charge of case: Address Telephone number Date of diagnosis of this cancer Vital status Date of death/Date last known to be alive Investigations relevant to diagnosis of cancer Diagnosis in words (site, morphology and grade/differentiation) Laterality (if known) Staging system (if known) Name of person completing form Date of completing form __________________ SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 8 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of pathology group Pathology group identification number Laboratory case reference number Patient details: Medicare number (if known) Individual Health Identifier (if known) Surname Given name(s) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (if known) r. 9 -- 7 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Country of birth (if known) Language spoken at home (if known) Name and address of doctor responsible for this case Name of reporting pathologist Date of report Diagnosis in words (site and morphology, including thickness and level of melanomas) Where available— Staging Tumour Nodes Metastasis (T.N.M.) Size Grade Differentiation Name of person completing form Date of completing form". __________________ r. 9 -- 8 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 5 PRESCRIBED HEALTH SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS East Melbourne Radiation Oncology Centre Ringwood Radiation Oncology Centre Murray Valley Radiation Oncology Centre Frankston Radiation Oncology Centre Epping Radiation Oncology Centre Western Radiation Oncology Centre Ballarat Day Procedure Centre Peninsula Oncology Centre __________________ Sch. 1 -- 9 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 6 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of hospital or prescribed health service establishment Hospital identification number Hospital unit record number Patient details: Medicare number (if known) Surname Given name(s) Maiden name (if applicable) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Occupation Country of birth Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Name of doctor in charge of case: Address Telephone number Name of general practitioner: Address Telephone number Date of first admission for this cancer Date of diagnosis of this cancer Vital status Date of death/Date last known to be alive Investigations relevant to diagnosis of cancer Laterality of primary cancer Sch. 2 -- 10 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Morphology of primary cancer Grade/differentiation of primary cancer Staging details (if available): Staging of site specific Tumour Nodes Metastasis (T.N.M.) details based on current edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Cancer Staging Manual; or Other internationally recognised site specific staging systems, including the Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et D'Obstetrique (FIGO) staging system for gynaecological cancers; or Degree of spread of cancer details: Localised to the tissue of origin Invasion of adjacent tissue or organs Regional lymph nodes Distant metastases If melanoma— Melanoma thickness Melanoma level of invasion Treatment details for each primary tumour: Details of initial treatment Details of treatment of recurrence(s) (if any) Cancer recurrence information: Date of cancer recurrence Site(s) of cancer recurrence Name of person completing form Date of completing form __________________ Sch. 2 -- 11 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 7 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of prescribed register Prescribed register identification number Patient details: Surname Given name(s) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (if known) Name of doctor in charge of case: Address Telephone number Date of diagnosis of this cancer Vital status Date of death/Date last known to be alive Investigations relevant to diagnosis of cancer Diagnosis in words (site, morphology and grade/differentiation) Laterality (if known) Staging system (if known) Name of person completing form Date of completing form __________________ Sch. 3 -- 12 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 8 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 Name of pathology group Pathology group identification number Laboratory case reference number Patient details: Medicare number (if known) Surname Given name(s) Address Postcode Date of birth Sex Name and address of doctor responsible for this case Name of reporting pathologist Date of report Diagnosis in words (site and morphology, including thickness and level of melanomas) Where available— Staging Tumour Nodes Metastasis (T.N.M.) Size Grade Differentiation Name of person completing form Date of completing form ═══════════════ Sch. 4 -- 13 of 14 -- S.R. No. 8/2012 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2012 13 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 16/2002. Endnotes -- 14 of 14 --