South Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH CARE REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 32

32—Reporting obligations of hospitals or health services incorporating radiotherapy clinics

        (1)         The person responsible for the management of a hospital or health service that incorporates a radiotherapy clinic must provide the Minister with a report within 3 months after—

            (a)         a patient presenting at the hospital or health service—

                  (i)         is diagnosed with a cancer of a particular type at the hospital or health service (including where the diagnosis is made in respect of a recurrence of cancer); or

                  (ii)         first discloses a history of, or is first treated for, a cancer of a particular type at the hospital or health service;

            (b)         a patient of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) dies (whether as a result of the cancer or any other cause) at the hospital or health service.

        (2)         The report must contain the following:

            (a)         the name and address of the hospital or health service;

            (b)         a unique identifier for the patient;

            (c)         the name of the medical practitioner responsible for the patient;

            (d)         the date on which the patient was admitted to or presented at the hospital or health service;

            (e)         the following details relating to the patient to the extent known or reasonably ascertainable:

                  (i)         full name and usual residential or postal address;

                  (ii)         gender;

                  (iii)         date of birth;

                  (iv)         country of birth;

                  (v)         indigenous Australian status, race and ethnicity;

            (f)         to the extent that it is known, or is reasonably ascertainable or practicable, the occupation of the patient;

            (g)         the following details of the cancer and its diagnosis:

                  (i)         a statement of the body part or system where the cancer arose, or if not known, a statement of that fact;

                  (ii)         the date of diagnosis of the cancer if known (being the date that the diagnosis was confirmed by pathology, radiology or clinical assessment);

                  (iii)         the type of diagnostic procedures and investigations undertaken (such as clinical assessment, cytology, haematology, histopathology, immunology or radiology);

                  (iv)         if the diagnosis was confirmed by pathology—

                        (A)         the name of, or a code identifying, the laboratory that performed the test to determine the presence in the patient of the cancer; and

                        (B)         the type of tumour; and

                        (C)         the slide or specimen number assigned to the specimen taken from the patient to test for the presence of the cancer;

                  (v)         to the extent that it is known or reasonably ascertainable, the stage or extent of the cancer at the time of diagnosis;

            (h)         to the extent known or reasonably ascertainable, the following information as may be required by the Minister to be provided in relation to the cancer or the patient:

                  (i)         the prognosis of the cancer and the factors affecting the prognosis;

                  (ii)         details of medical treatment provided to the patient in relation to the cancer at the hospital or health service;

                  (iii)         details of patient reported outcome measures recorded in connection with the cancer at the hospital or health service;

                  (i)         if the patient has departed or been discharged from the hospital or health service—the date of and reason for the departure or discharge;

            (j)         if the patient has died at the hospital or health service—the date of death.

        (3)         The report must be made in a form and manner acceptable to the Minister.