Section 8 - National Cancer Screening Register Rules 2017 - Colposcopies

8 Colposcopies

(b) the screening test is a colposcopy;

(d) the screening test is carried out other than as part of a clinical trial approved by an ethics committee (within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989).

(2) If a screening test of that type is carried out, the individual healthcare provider who carries out the screening test must, under subsection 13(1) of the Act, notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, by the end of 14 days after the day the colposcopy is completed, of the information specified in the following table.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:5.65pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:404.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Information for colposcopies</td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Item</td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Column 1Information</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">1</td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">The following information about the individual who undergoes the screening test:(a) medicare number (if known by the individual healthcare provider);(b) name;(c) date of birth;(d) Indigenous status (if known by the individual healthcare provider);(e) country of origin (if known by the individual healthcare provider);(f) preferred language (if known by the individual healthcare provider);(g) address</td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">2</td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">The following information about the individual healthcare provider:(a) name;(b) clinic name;(c) provider number</td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">3</td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">The following information about the screening test:(a) date of screening test;(b) indication for colposcopy;(c) an indication as to whether the colposcopy was adequate or inadequate;(d) visibility of transformation zone;(e) the clinical diagnosis or impression formed at the time of the colposcopy;(f) whether a biopsy is performed as part of the colposcopy episode of which the screening test is part;(g) whether the individual who undergoes the colposcopy is pregnant at the time of the colposcopy;(h) whether treatment is performed as part of the colposcopy episode of which the screening test is part</td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">4</td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">The following information about any treatment of the cervix that is associated with a precursor to cervical cancer and that is connected to the screening test:(a) kind of treatment;(b) if an excision was performed—excision type;(c) if an excision was performed—modality or method used;(d) if an ablation was performed—ablation type;(e) whether hysterectomy was performed;(f) anaesthetic type;(g) location of treatment</td></tr></tbody></table> ```

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