Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002

i Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 S.R. No. 16/2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Revocation 1 5. Hospital reports 2 6. Prescribed register reports 2 7. Pathology services reports 2 __________________ SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 1—Regulations Revoked 3 SCHEDULE 2 4 SCHEDULE 3 6 SCHEDULE 4 7 ═══════════════ -- 1 of 8 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2002 S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer Act 1958 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 5 March 2002 Responsible Minister: JOHN THWAITES Minister for Health HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is 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 These Regulations come into operation on 11 March 2002. 4. Revocation The Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are revoked. -- 2 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 2 5. Hospital 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. 6. 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. 7. 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 upon 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. __________________ r. 5 -- 3 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 3 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 4 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 REGULATIONS REVOKED S.R. No. Title 40/1992 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 1992 165/1997 Cancer (Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 __________________ Sch. 1 -- 4 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 4 SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 5 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 Name of hospital 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 Sch. 2 -- 5 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 5 Laterality of primary cancer Morphology of primary cancer Grade/differentiation of primary cancer Staging details (if available): Degree of spread of cancer Localised to the tissue of origin Invasion of adjacent tissue or organs Regional lymph nodes Distant metastases Staging Tumour Nodes Metastasis (T.N.M.), Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et D'Obstetrique (FIGO) 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 -- 6 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 6 SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 6 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 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 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 -- 7 of 8 -- S.R. No. 16/2002 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 7 SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 7 Cancer (Reporting) Regulations 2002 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 -- 8 of 8 --