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2003 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-71.02 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-71.02. Notification of cancer patients of statewide cancer registry reporting.
The Commissioner, or his designee, shall develop and implement a system for
notifying, within thirty days of receipt of the case record, A. Any physician
diagnosing a malignant tumor or cancer shall, at such time and in such manner
as considered appropriate by such physician, notify each patient whose name and
record abstract is required to be reported to the statewide cancer registry
pursuant to § 32.1-70 that personal identifying information about him has been
included in the registry as required by law. The notification shall include
(i) the purpose, objectives, reporting requirements, confidentiality policies and procedures of
the statewide cancer registry, including, but not limited to, continued
surveillance and investigation procedures and (ii) a copy of § 2.2-3800 of the
Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act. Any physician
required to so notify a patient that personal identifying information about him has been
included in the cancer registry may, when, in the opinion of the physician,
such notice would be injurious to the patient's health or well-being, provide
the required notice to the patient's authorized representative or next of kin
in lieu of notifying the patient.
B. Upon request to the statewide cancer registry, the patient whose personal identifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have a right to know the identity of the reporter of his information to such registry.