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.