Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 2 - Rhode Island Cancer Registry › Section 216-RICR-10-10-2.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever used in these Regulations, the
				  following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. "Acts" refers to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters
				  23-1, 23-8, and 23-12.
2.
				  "Administrator of the Rhode Island Cancer Registry" means the individual within
				  the Department of Health designated by the Director to be responsible for the
				  operation of the Rhode Island Cancer Registry. For the purpose of this Part,
				  this individual may also be referred to as the Registrar.
3. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode
				  Island Department of Health.
4.
				  "Health care facility and/or health care provider" means hospitals,
				  freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and radiotherapy facilities, health
				  maintenance organizations, independent clinical laboratories providing
				  histopathology and/or cytology, licensed pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters
				  23-17, 23-16.2 or 27-41 and furthermore includes such other health care
				  facilities not listed above and health care providers (such as physicians,
				  dentists) licensed in accordance with statutory provisions of this State, who
				  may produce a positive test result for, make a diagnosis of, or provide
				  treatment for cancer as defined in §
											2.2(A)(5)   of
				  this Part, independent of the health care facilities listed above.
5. "Reportable case" means all incident
				  cancer, benign neoplasm (tumor), or premalignant (precancerous) case specified
				  by the Rhode Island Cancer Registry as follows:
a. "Benign neoplasm of the brain or central
				  nervous system,"? a diagnosis of benign or borderline neoplasm, established by
				  a licensed physician, occurring in the brain, meninges, spinal cord,
cauda equina
, a cranial nerve or nerves, other part of the
				  central nervous system, pituitary gland, pineal gland, craniopharyngeal duct,
				  or other related anatomical sites, by the current amended "International
				  Classification of Diseases for Oncology"? (ICD-O) published by the World Health
				  Organization.
b. "Cancer," a
				  diagnosis of
in situ
or invasive malignant disease (made
				  microscopically and/or non-microscopically) established by a licensed physician
				  which includes cancers at all sites and all stages of the disease and which are
				  listed in the current amended "International Classification of Diseases for
				  Oncology" (ICD-O), published by the World Health Organization. Excluded are
				  squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the skin, but included are all
				  carcinomas (including
in situ
) of the breast (including
				  lobular carcinoma
in situ
: LCIS), cervix (also known as
				  squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 3: CIN-3 or high-grade squamous epithelial
				  lesion: HSIL), vagina (including intraepithelial neoplasia 3: VAIN-3), prepuce,
				  clitoris, vulva (including intraepithelial neoplasia 3: VIN-3), labia, penis
				  and scrotum.
6. "Rhode
				  Island Cancer Registry" means the Central Registry established within the
				  Department of Health by the Director pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§
											23-1-1,
				   23-1-18(2),
				   23-8-1 and
				   23-12-4 as the statewide Registry
				  for the collection and recording of information on reportable cases as defined
				  in §
											2.2(A)(5)   of
				  this Part for the purpose of understanding the extent and nature of the
				  diseases among the citizens of the State and to apply preventive and control
				  measures.
7. "This Part"? mean all
				  parts of the Rules and Regulations pertaining to the Rhode Island Cancer
				  Registry (216-RICR-
				  10-10-2).