2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2401 - Cancer; Duty to Report.

§  2401. Cancer; duty to report. 1. Every physician, dentist and other
  health care provider shall give notice immediately but  not  later  than
  one  hundred  eighty  days  of  every  case of cancer or other malignant
  disease coming under his or her  care,  to  the  department,  except  as
  otherwise provided.
2.  Whenever  an  examination  of  a  tissue  specimen in a laboratory
  discloses the existence of cancer or other malignant disease, the person
  in charge of such laboratory or the person making such examination shall
  immediately but not later than one hundred eighty days report  the  same
  together with all the facts in connection therewith to the department.
3.  The  person  in  charge  of  every cancer reporting facility shall
  immediately but not later than one hundred eighty days  give  notice  of
  every  case  of cancer or malignant disease coming under the care of the
  institution to the department.
4. All abstracting work  performed  by  a  cancer  reporting  facility
  pursuant  to the reporting provisions of this section shall be performed
  by  a  certified  tumor  registrar.  Cancer  reporting  facilities   may
  establish consortia to engage a certified tumor registrar to perform the
  reporting requirements of this section. A "certified tumor registrar" is
  an  individual  certified  by  a  nationally  recognized  not-for-profit
  organization which certifies tumor registrars. The  provisions  of  this
  subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  any  cancer reporting facility which
  renders services for one hundred or fewer cases of cancer and  malignant
  disease per year as determined by the commissioner.
5.  The  department  shall  establish and update as necessary a manual
  designating which specific  data  elements  shall  be  reported  to  the
  department  pursuant  to  this  section.  The department shall make such
  manual available to every cancer reporting facility, physician,  dentist
  and other health care provider required to comply with the provisions of
  this section.
6.  The  department  shall  establish  and  update as necessary a data
  dictionary to standardize information interpretation  of  data  elements
  reported by cancer reporting facilities and other health care providers.
  The  department  shall  make  such  dictionary available to every cancer
  reporting facility, physician, dentist and other  health  care  provider
  required to comply with the provisions of this section.
7.  The  department  shall,  to  the  extent funds are made available,
  establish or contract for regional training programs to provide training
  to any cancer reporting facility, physician,  dentist  or  other  health
  care  provider  required  to comply with the provisions of this section.
  Such regional training programs shall provide training relating  to  the
  specific  data elements which must be reported pursuant to this section,
  the data dictionary established pursuant to this section, and any  other
  subjects  which  are  intended  to  ensure  quality, timely and complete
  compliance with this section.
8. The department shall, meet cancer registry goals established  by  a
  nationally  recognized  central  cancer registry organization unless any
  such goal is contrary to any provision of law.
9. Where  a  cancer  reporting  facility  fails  to  comply  with  the
  provisions of this section, the department may elect to perform registry
  services  for  such  facility.  Such  cancer  reporting  facility  shall
  reimburse the department for actual expenses incurred.
10. A physician, dentist, laboratory,  cancer  reporting  facility  or
  other  health care provider which violates any provision of this section
  shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided  in  section  twelve  of
  this chapter.
11.  The notices required by this section shall be upon forms supplied
  by the commissioner and shall  contain  such  information  as  shall  be
  required by the commissioner.
12.  For  the  purpose  of this section, a "cancer reporting facility"
  means a hospital as defined in article  twenty-eight  of  this  chapter,
  clinic  or  any organization certified pursuant to article forty-four of
  this chapter, or other similar public or private institution.
13. The commissioner shall have the power to promulgate any such rules
  and regulations as shall be  necessary  and  proper  to  effectuate  the
  purposes of this section.