Version No. 001
Improving Cancer Outcomes (Diagnosis
Reporting) Regulations 2015
S.R. No. 107/2015
Version as at
1 October 2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
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Objectives
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Authorising provision
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Commencement
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Types of cancer or precursor diagnosis required to be reported
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Entities required to report cancer or precursor
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Diagnosis reports
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Schedule 1—Prescribed information for centre, hospital or service
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Schedule 2—Prescribed information for pathology service
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Endnotes
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General information
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Table of Amendments
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Amendments Not in Operation
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Explanatory details
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Version No. 001
Improving Cancer Outcomes (Diagnosis
Reporting) Regulations 2015
S.R. No. 107/2015
Version as at
1 October 2015
1 Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to
prescribe—
(a) the types of cancer, or precursors to cancer, a
diagnosis of which must be reported to the
Secretary under the Improving Cancer
Outcomes Act 2014; and
(b) who must report that diagnosis; and
(c) the form of the reports, the time within
which they must be made and the
information to be included in them.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 28 of
the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 October 2015.
4 Types of cancer or precursor diagnosis required to
be reported
For the purposes of section 9(1) of the Improving
Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, the prescribed types
of cancer or precursors to cancer are those
specified in Schedule 1 of "Reportable Cancers Guide to identification of cancers reportable to the
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Secretary", as published by the Department of
Health and Human Services from time to time.
5 Entities required to report cancer or precursor
For the purposes of section 9(1) of the Improving
Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, the following
persons and organisations are prescribed—
(a) any of the following as defined by
section 3(1) of the Health Services Act
1988—
(i) a day procedure centre;
(ii) a denominational hospital;
(iii) a private hospital;
(iv) a privately-operated hospital;
(v) a public health service;
(vi) a public hospital;
(b) any radiotherapy service that provides a
service for treating cancer patients involving
the use of ionising radiation, including
external beam, superficial and orthovoltage
radiotherapy, particle beam therapy and
brachytherapy;
(c) any pathology service that provides a service
for testing for cancer, or a precursor to
cancer, of a type prescribed by regulation 4.
6 Diagnosis reports
For the purposes of section 9(3) of the
Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014—
(a) a report of a diagnosis of cancer or a
precursor to cancer is in the prescribed form
if it contains the prescribed information; and
(b) the prescribed time within which a report
must be made is—
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Schedule 1—Prescribed information for centre, hospital or service
(i) for a centre, hospital or service referred
to in regulation 5(a) or (b), 60 days
from the date the person in charge of
the centre, hospital or service becomes
aware that a person has cancer, or a
precursor to cancer, of a type
prescribed by regulation 4; and
(ii) for a pathology service referred to in
regulation 5(c), 30 days from the date
the person in charge of the place where
the testing is done becomes aware that
a test indicates that a person has cancer,
or a precursor to cancer, of a type
prescribed by regulation 4; and
(c) the prescribed information to be included in
a report is—
(i) for a centre, hospital or service referred
to in regulation 5(a) or (b), the
information set out in Schedule 1; and
(ii) for a pathology service referred to in
regulation 5(c), the information set out
in Schedule 2.
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Schedule 1—Prescribed information for
centre, hospital or service
Regulation 6(c)(i)
Name of centre, hospital or service
Hospital identification number
Hospital unit record number
Patient details:
Medicare number (if known)
Individual Health Identifier (if known)
Family name
Given name(s)
Maiden name (if applicable)
Address
Postcode
Date of birth
Sex
Country of birth
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status
Language spoken at home (if known—please specify)
Details of doctor in charge of case:
Medicare provider number (if known)
Name
Address
Telephone number
Details of general practitioner:
Medicare provider number (if known)
Name
Address
Telephone number
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Date of first admission for this cancer
Date of diagnosis of this cancer
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status at time of
diagnosis (if known)
Vital status
Date of discharge from centre/hospital/organisation
Investigations relevant to diagnosis of cancer
Primary site of cancer
Laterality of primary site of cancer
Morphology of primary cancer
Grade/differentiation of primary cancer
Stage of cancer at diagnosis
Cancer staging system (to be reported in accordance with the "Victorian
Cancer Staging Reporting Guidelines" as published by the Department of
Health and Human Services from time to time)
Treatment details for each primary tumour:
Details of initial treatment
Details of treatment of recurrence(s) (if any)
Cancer recurrence information:
Date of cancer recurrence
Site(s) of cancer recurrence
Name of person completing form
Date of completing form
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Schedule 2—Prescribed information for pathology service
Schedule 2—Prescribed information for
pathology service
Regulation 6(c)(ii)
Name of pathology service
Pathology group identification number
Laboratory case reference number
Patient details:
Medicare number (if known)
Individual Health Identifier (if known)
Family name
Given name(s)
Address
Postcode
Date of birth
Sex
Country of birth
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status (if known)
Language spoken at home (if known—please specify)
Details of doctor responsible for case:
Medicare provider number (if known)
Name
Address
Details of reporting pathologist:
Medicare provider number (if known)
Name
Date of report
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Schedule 2—Prescribed information for pathology service
Structured pathology report or the following minimum information:
Primary site of cancer
Laterality of primary site
Cancer morphology type
Tumour size
Depth of invasion
Metastatic sites
Number of nodes sampled
Number of nodes positive
Date of diagnosis
Stage of cancer at diagnosis
Grade/differentiation
Name of person completing form
Date of completing form
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Improving Cancer Outcomes (Diagnosis Reporting) Regulations 2015,
S.R. No. 107/2015 were made on 22 September 2015 by the Governor in
Council under section 28 of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014,
No. 78/2014 and came into operation on 1 October 2015: regulation 3.
The Improving Cancer Outcomes (Diagnosis Reporting) Regulations 2015
will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 22 September 2025
(see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in
Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which
provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is
amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or
subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation,
subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the
expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the
following effects:
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Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a
Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule
made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule;
Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules;
items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
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Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made
on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples,
diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before
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Endnotes
1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form
part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
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Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted
in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory
Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
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Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that
Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule
numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and
subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
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Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October
2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to
be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another
legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the
foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will
be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
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Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and
other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory
Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
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2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Improving Cancer Outcomes
(Diagnosis Reporting) Regulations 2015 by statutory rules, subordinate
instruments and Acts.
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3 Amendments Not in Operation
There are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this
publication.
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4 Explanatory details
Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter
The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in
accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation
Regulations 2014.
Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in
applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulation 4
"Reportable Cancers - Guide
to identification of cancers
reportable to the Secretary" as
published by the Department
of Health and Human
Services from time to time
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
"Victorian Cancer Staging
Reporting Guidelines" as
published by the Department
of Health and Human
Services from time to time
The whole
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