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Cancer Reporting Requirements

Pursuant to New York State Public Health Law, Article 24, Title 1, Section 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… 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.

As mandated by the Public Health Law, all NYS licensed health care providers/practitioners treating cancer patients, and all licensed facilities at which they are treated (e.g., hospitals, radiation centers), as well as laboratories holding permits to conduct pathology testing (be they independent or hospital based), and managed care organizations are required to report cancer cases to the New York State Department of Health, Cancer Registry. The New York State Cancer Registry (NYSCR) is a population-based cancer incidence registry responsible for the collection of demographic, diagnostic and treatment information on patients diagnosed and/or treated in New York State. Reports on cancer cases are checked for quality and completeness. The data are then used to produce New York State cancer statistics.

Any questions regarding cancer reporting requirements should be directed to the NYSCR Field Services Unit at 518-474-0971; as well as questions regarding electronic submission of cancer laboratory data using the Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS).

Cancer Reportable Conditions

Anyone diagnosed with invasive or in situ cancer (except basal and squamous cell cancer of the skin and in situ cervical cancer).

All intracranial neoplasms, including benign, boderline, uncertain and malignant neoplasms of the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. (Brain, Cranial nerves, Cerebral meninges, Pituitary gland, Pineal gland, Craniopharyngeal duct, and Spinal cord.)

AIDS with specified malignant neoplasm: report only the associated malignancy, not HIV/AIDS.

Ovarian tumors of low malignant potential, borderline malignancy, and uncertain behavior are reportable for cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms.

List of Reportable Conditions

A case finding list using ICD-9-CM codes. (PDF, 8KB, 1pg.)

Cancer Reporting and HIPAA Privacy Rule

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers. (PDF, 84.2KB, 3pg.)

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