Assembly Bill No. 599-Committee on Health and Human Services
June 12, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing system for reporting of information on cancer. (BDR 40-1599)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to cancer; revising provisions governing the system for the reporting of information on cancer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 457.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:
457.230 1. The state health officer shall, pursuant to the regulations of the state board of health, establish and maintain a system for the reporting of information on cancer.
2. The system must include a record of the cases of cancer which occur in this state along with such information concerning the cases as may be appropriate to form the basis for:
(a) [Conduct] The conducting of comprehensive epidemiologic surveys of cancer and cancer-related diseases in [the] this state; and
(b) [Evaluation] The evaluation of the appropriateness of measures for the prevention and control of cancer.
3. The system must include a procedure for the reporting of information on cancer by:
(a) Hospitals and other facilities that provide screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer; and
(b) Physicians who diagnose or provide treatment for cancer, except for cases directly referred or previously admitted to a hospital or other facility described in paragraph (a).
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.