ORS 432.510
Cancer and tumor registry system

  • purpose
  • rulemaking
  • duties of Oregon Health Authority

(1)

The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a uniform, statewide, population-based registry system for the collection of information determining the incidence of cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system and related data. The purpose of the registry is to provide information to design, target, monitor, facilitate and evaluate efforts to determine the causes or sources of cancer and benign or borderline tumors among the residents of this state and to reduce the burden of cancer and benign or borderline tumors in this state. Such efforts may include but are not limited to:

(a)

Targeting populations in need of cancer screening services or evaluating screening or other cancer control services;

(b)

Supporting the operation of hospital registries in monitoring and upgrading the care and the end results of treatment for cancer and benign or borderline tumors;

(c)

Investigating suspected clusters or excesses of cancer and benign or borderline tumors both in occupational settings and in the state’s environment generally;

(d)

Conducting studies to identify cancer hazards to the public health and cancer hazard remedies; and

(e)

Projecting the benefits or costs of alternative policies regarding the prevention or treatment of cancer and benign or borderline tumors.

(2)

The authority shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of ORS 432.510 (Cancer and tumor registry system) to 432.550 (Action for damages) and 432.900 (Civil penalty), including but not limited to designating which types of cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system are reportable to the statewide registry, the data to be reported, the data reporting standards and format and the effective date after which reporting by health care facilities, clinical laboratories and practitioners shall be required. When adopting rules under this subsection, the authority shall, to the greatest extent practicable, conform the rules to the standards and procedures established by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, with the goal of achieving uniformity in the collection and reporting of data.

(3)

The authority shall:

(a)

Conduct a program of epidemiologic analyses of registry data collected under subsection (1) of this section to assess control, prevention, treatment and causation of cancer and benign or borderline tumors in this state; and

(b)

Utilize the data to promote, facilitate and evaluate programs designed to reduce the burden of cancer and benign or borderline tumors among the residents of Oregon.

(4)

The authority shall:

(a)

Collaborate in studies of cancer and benign or borderline tumors with clinicians and epidemiologists and publish reports on the results of such studies; and

(b)

Cooperate with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in providing incidence data for cancer and benign or borderline tumors.

(5)

The authority shall establish a training program for the personnel of participating health care facilities and a quality control program for data for cancer and benign or borderline tumors reported to the state registry.

(6)

The authority may contract with a public or private third party to:

(a)

Operate or maintain the statewide registry; and

(b)

Fulfill the authority’s duties under subsections (3) to (5) of this section. [1995 c.585 §2; 2003 c.269 §2; 2007 c.71 §121; 2009 c.595 §619; 2017 c.101 §36; 2018 c.98 §13; 2019 c.456 §29]
Note: See note under 432.500 (Definitions).

Source: Section 432.510 — Cancer and tumor registry system; purpose; rulemaking; duties of Oregon Health Authority, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors432.­html.

432.005
Definitions
432.010
Center for Health Statistics
432.015
Rules
432.020
State registrar
432.025
Assistant state registrars
432.030
Duties of state registrar
432.033
Duties of state registrar related to confidentiality and security
432.035
County registrars
432.075
Duty to report information to state registrar
432.083
Requirements for institutions, health care practitioners and persons who transport dead bodies
432.088
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of live birth
432.093
Availability of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form
432.098
Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form
432.103
Full faith and credit
432.108
Report of live birth for child of unknown parentage
432.113
Delayed reports of live birth
432.118
Procedure for contesting refusal to register report of live birth or delayed report of live birth
432.133
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of death
432.138
Court orders for records of death
432.141
Annual reporting of opiate and opioid overdoses
432.143
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of fetal death
432.148
Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth
432.153
Status of reports under ORS 435.496
432.158
Disposition of remains
432.163
Extensions for submitting reports of death or fetal death
432.173
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of marriage and reports of domestic partnership
432.178
Delayed report of marriage
432.183
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of dissolution of marriage and reports of dissolution of domestic partnership
432.223
Reports of adoption
432.228
Issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to adopted persons
432.235
Requirements for amending or correcting vital record
432.245
Replacing records of live birth
432.250
Access to adoption records
432.295
Preservation program
432.350
Vital records exempt from public disclosure
432.355
Disclosure of death filed in conjunction with claims or interests in land
432.360
Records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership subject to full disclosure
432.380
Issuance of certified copies of records
432.385
Registering, amending or correcting record through fraud
432.435
Fees
432.440
County registrar sale of certified copies of records of live birth and death
432.445
Issuance of additional record of live birth
432.450
Grant program for issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to individual who is homeless
432.455
Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund
432.500
Definitions
432.510
Cancer and tumor registry system
432.520
Reporting requirement
432.530
Confidentiality of information
432.540
Use of confidential data
432.550
Action for damages
432.570
No requirement or prohibition regarding operation of separate cancer and tumor registry
432.600
Establishment of committee
432.900
Civil penalty
432.993
Unlawful use of vital record or report
432.994
Unlawful use of vital record or report
432.995
Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports
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