Ch. 235

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     "CANCER report" means a 1-time abstract of the medical record of a
patient diagnosed or treated for cancer which contains:

[ (1)] (I) Reasonably obtained patient demographic information, including
risk factors;

[ (2)] (II) Relevant information on the:

[ (i)] 1. Initial diagnosis;

[ (ii)] 2. Initial treatment;

[(iii)] 3. Extent of the disease by the end of the first hospitalization;
and

[(iv)] 4. Extent of the disease within 2 months of diagnosis if the
information is available to the reporting facility and the reporting facility has a tumor
registry; and

[ (3)] (III) Facility and other provider identification information.

(3)     "FREESTANDING AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY" HAS THE MEANING
STATED IN § 19-3B-01 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(b) (1) Each hospital which has care of a patient with cancer, and each
freestanding laboratory, FREESTANDING AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY, or therapeutic
radiological center which has care of or has diagnosed cancer for a nonhospitalized
patient, AND EACH PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON WHO HAS CARE OF OR HAS DIAGNOSED
CANCER FOR A NONHOSPITALIZED PATIENT NOT OTHERWISE REPORTED shall:

(i) 1. Submit a cancer report to the Secretary, on the form that the
Secretary provides or in a computerized file; [or]

2.       Make available to the Secretary, or an agent of the Secretary,
at the facility the information necessary to compile a cancer report; [ and] OR

3.       MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A HOSPITAL OR
OTHER FACILITY OR AGENCY WHICH THAT REPORTS AGREES TO REPORT TO THE
MARYLAND CANCER REGISTRY TO ACT AS THE REPORTING SOURCE FOR A CANCER
PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN REFERRED TO OR FROM THAT FACILITY, OR REPORTED TO
THAT AGENCY WITH REGARD TO CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT;
AND

(ii) Effective July 1, 1993, submit a cancer report in a computerized
file on a quarterly basis to the Secretary, or an agent of the Secretary, for all patients
initially diagnosed, treated, or admitted to a facility for cancer during that calendar
quarter.

(2) To assure compliance with this section, the Secretary, or an agent of the
Secretary, may inspect upon reasonable notice a representative sample of the medical
records of patients diagnosed, treated, or admitted for cancer at the facility.

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