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New Hampshire Administrative Code
Title He - Department of Health and Human ServicesSubtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health ServicesChapter He-P 300 - DISEASES
Part He-P 304 - CANCER REGISTRY RULES
Section He-P 304.07 - Quality Assurance, Verification, and Confidentiality

N.H. Admin. Code § He-P 304.07

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Current through Register No. 45, November 7, 2024
Section He-P 304.07 - Quality Assurance, Verification, and Confidentiality
(a) All facilities shall respond to SCR requests for case information pursuant to He-P 304.02(b) and (c) within 14 working days of receipt of such requests.
(b) All facilities shall respond to SCR requests to perform a site visit.
(c) SCR shall perform a site visit at each facility in order to:
(1) Audit pathology reports and other information to ensure that no cancer cases are overlooked in reporting; and
(2) Monitor the completeness and accuracy of the cancer reports.
(d) Each facility shall make available for reviewing and copying all paper or electronically stored information including the following:
(1) Laboratory analyses including tissue, cytology, and pathology reports;
(2) Records regarding radiological examinations, in relation to cancer diagnoses or treatment;
(3) Reports of diagnoses of malignant disease, and notations of the reasons for such diagnoses, including both primary clinicians' reports and consultants' reports;
(4) Pharmacy records;
(5) Reports regarding any operations or an autopsy;
(6) Discharge plans and abstracts regarding cancer diagnoses; and
(7) A list of the applicable discharge diagnoses or treatment as identified in the "Casefinding Lists, Current Lists/Code List," (October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016), as listed in Appendix A and available as a free electronic document at http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/casefinding/case2016-icd10cm.html.
(e) Pursuant to 42 USC 280e(c) (2) (D) (viii), individuals complying with the law shall not be held liable in any civil action with respect to a report of cancer provided to the SCR, or with respect to access to data or information provided to the SCR.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-P 304.07

#4377, eff 3-1-88; ss by #5601, eff 3-24-93, EXPIRED: 3-24-99

New. #7406, eff 11-21-00; ss by #9046, eff 12-5-07

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 14, Filed April 7, 2016, Proposed by #11054, Effective 3/15/2016, Expires 3/15/2026.