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Northern Mariana Islands
Cancer Registry: reporting of new cancer cases to the Department of Public Health and confidentiality of the data
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Reporting
What it requires
- If you provide diagnostic or treatment services for cancer patients in the CNMI, report each new case of cancer to the Department of Public Health, with demographic information, occupational history to the extent available from the same record, administrative information, pathological data and any other element the Department determines (3 CMC 2852).
- If you hold data collected for the cancer registry, keep it confidential as to the names of the persons or physicians concerned, and use a person's name for research only when requesting additional information for a study the Secretary of Public Health has approved (3 CMC 2852).
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What this law does
Section 2852 of title 3 of the Commonwealth Code requires any person providing diagnostic or treatment services for cancer patients in the Commonwealth to report each new case of cancer to the Department of Public Health.
The report must contain demographic information about each case of cancer, information on the industrial or occupational history of the individuals with the cancers to the extent available from the same record, administrative information including the date of diagnosis and source of information, pathological data characterizing the cancer, and other elements determined by the Department of Public Health.
All data collected under the section is confidential as to the names of persons or physicians concerned, except that researchers may use the names of such persons when requesting additional information for research studies approved by the Secretary of Public Health. Public Law 17-19, the source of the section, takes effect upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.
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