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2018 SESSION
18102851DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-70 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-70. Information from hospitals, clinics, certain laboratories and physicians supplied to Commissioner; statewide cancer registry.
A. Each hospital, clinic and independent pathology laboratory shall make available to the Commissioner or his agents information on patients having malignant tumors or cancers. A physician shall report information on patients having cancers unless he has determined that a hospital, clinic or in-state pathology laboratory has reported the information. This reporting requirement shall not apply to basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Such information shall include the name, address, sex, race, diagnosis and any other pertinent identifying information regarding each such patient and shall include information regarding (i) possible exposure to Agent Orange or other defoliants through their development, testing or use or through service in the Vietnam War and (ii) with the patient's consent, the patient's work history as a firefighter, if any, including (a) his status as a volunteer, paid on-call, or career firefighter; (b) the number of years on the job; and (c) a measure or estimate of the number and type of fire incidents attended. Each hospital, clinic, independent pathology laboratory, or physician shall provide other available clinical information as defined by the Board of Health.
B. From such information the Commissioner shall establish and maintain a statewide cancer registry. The purpose of the statewide cancer registry shall include but not be limited to:
1. Determining means of improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.
2. Determining the need for and means of providing better long-term, follow-up care of cancer patients.
2a. 3. Conducting
epidemiological analyses of the incidence, prevalence, survival, and risk
factors associated with the occurrence of cancer in Virginia.
3. 4. Collecting
data to evaluate the possible carcinogenic effects of environmental hazards
including exposure to dioxin and the defoliant, Agent Orange.
4. 5. Collecting data to evaluate
potential links between exposure to fire incidents
and cancer incidence.
6. Improving rehabilitative programs for cancer patients.
5. 7. Assisting
in the training of hospital personnel.
6. 8. Determining
other needs of cancer patients and health personnel.