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Rule Title: REQUIRED RECORDS, INDEPENDENT CLINICAL LABORATORIES
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Department: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter: RECORDS AND STATISTICS
Subchapter: Tumor Registry
 
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37.8.1808    REQUIRED RECORDS, INDEPENDENT CLINICAL LABORATORIES

(1) Whenever a clinical laboratory which is not owned or operated by a hospital provides laboratory services for any patient relating to a tumor designated as reportable by ARM 37.8.1801, it must collect, record, and make available to the department the following information about that patient:

(a) name and current address of patient;

(b) patient's address at time of diagnosis;

(c) social security number;

(d) name of spouse, if any;

(e) race, sex, and marital status;

(f) age at diagnosis, month, day, and year of birth;

(g) date and place of initial diagnosis;

(h) primary site of tumor (paired organ);

(i) sequence of primary tumors, if more than one;

(j) method of confirming diagnosis;

(k) histology, including dates, place, histologic type, and slide number;

(l) summary staging, including whether in situ, localized, regional, distant or unstaged, with no information, or whether AJCC or TNM staging is utilized, and, if so, the findings of the staging;

(m) description of tumor and its spread, if any, including size in centimeters, number of positive nodes, number of nodes examined, and site of distant metastasis;

(n) status at time of latest recorded information, i.e., whether alive or dead, tumor in evidence, or recurring, or status unknown; and

(o) names of physicians primarily and secondarily responsible for follow up.

History: 50-15-706, MCA; IMP, 50-15-703, MCA; NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1857, Eff. 11/30/85; TRANS, from DHES, 1997 MAR p. 1460; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2441, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 87, Eff. 1/30/09.


 

 
MAR Notices Effective From Effective To History Notes
37-459 1/30/2009 Current History: 50-15-706, MCA; IMP, 50-15-703, MCA; NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1857, Eff. 11/30/85; TRANS, from DHES, 1997 MAR p. 1460; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2441, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 87, Eff. 1/30/09.
10/31/2003 1/30/2009 History: Sec. 50-15-706, MCA; IMP, Sec. 50-15-703, MCA; NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1857, Eff. 11/30/85; TRANS, from DHES, 1997 MAR p. 1460; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2441, Eff. 10/31/03.
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