Northern Territory regulation

CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010

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These Regulations set out the exact information that must be given to the Northern Territory cancer registry when a cancer diagnosis is reported. They require specific patient identification, clinical and tumour details (for example diagnosis date, primary site, morphology, stage, and measurements for certain tumours).

They affect medical practitioners, hospitals and pathology laboratories by standardising what data must be supplied for each reported case, creating identifiable reporting and privacy obligations and a fixed compliance task for those who notify the registry.

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CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010 As in force at 1 September 2010 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1 3 Prescribed details ............................................................................ 1 ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 September 2010

CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010 Regulations under the Cancer (Registration) Act 2009 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Cancer (Registration) Regulations 2010. 2 Commencement These Regulations commence on the commencement of the Cancer (Registration) Act 2009. 3 Prescribed details (1) For the definition of prescribed details in section 3 of the Act, the following details are prescribed: (a) if prescribed details for a person are required to be given under section 8(2) of the Act: (i) the person's identification details; and (ii) the name and address of the place at which the specimen was taken; and (iii) the name of the medical practitioner who requested the pathological examination of the specimen; and (iv) the name and address of the laboratory at which the pathological examination of the specimen took place; and (v) the pathological examination reference number assigned to the specimen by the laboratory; and (vi) the date of the cancer diagnosis; and (vii) the primary site of the cancer; and (viii) the laterality of the cancer; and

Cancer (Registration) Regulations 2010 2 (ix) the morphology of the cancer; and (x) if a malignant melanoma has been diagnosed – the thickness of the melanoma; and (xi) if a solid tumour has been diagnosed – the size of the tumour; and (xii) the stage of the cancer; and (xiii) the person's prior history of cancer; (b) if prescribed details for a patient are required to be given under section 9(2) of the Act: (i) the patient's identification details; and (ii) the name and address of the hospital; and (iii) the registration number assigned to the patient by the hospital; and (iv) the name of the medical practitioner at the hospital who was responsible for the patient on the date of diagnosis or, if section 9(1)(b) of the Act applies, on the date the patient died; and (v) the date of the cancer diagnosis; and (vi) the most valid basis of the diagnosis; and (vii) the details mentioned in paragraph (a)(vii) to (xiii) on the date of diagnosis; and (viii) if section 9(1)(b) of the Act applies – the date the patient died and the cause or causes of death. (2) In this regulation: identification details, for a person, means the following information about the person: (a) full name; (b) former names; (c) other names by which the person is or was commonly known; (d) usual residential address; (e) sex;

Cancer (Registration) Regulations 2010 3 (f) date of birth; (g) country of birth; (h) whether or not the person identifies or identified as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin; (i) occupation.

ENDNOTES Cancer (Registration) Regulations 2010 4 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Cancer (Registration) Regulations (SL No. 11, 2010) Notified 30 June 2010 Commenced 1 September 2010 (r 2, s 2 Cancer (Registration) Act 2009 (Act No. 24, 2009) and Gaz G35, 1 September 2010, p 3) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: r 1.

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1 CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 September 2010