Health Care (Reporting of Cancer) Variation Regulations 2021 (SA)

South Australia

Health Care (Reporting of Cancer) Variation Regulations 2021

under the Health Care Act 2008

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Health Care Regulations 2008

4            Variation of regulation 27—Reporting obligations of hospitals or health services incorporating radiotherapy clinics

5            Variation of regulation 28—Reporting obligations of pathology laboratories

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health Care (Reporting of Cancer) Variation Regulations 2021.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2022.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Health Care Regulations 2008

4—Variation of regulation 27—Reporting obligations of hospitals or health services incorporating radiotherapy clinics

1. Regulation 27(1)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:

   (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;

2. Regulation 27(2)—after paragraph (f) insert:

   (fa)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;

5—Variation of regulation 28—Reporting obligations of pathology laboratories

Regulation 28—after "copy of the report" insert:

along with the information as the Minister may require relating to cancer prognostic tests undertaken by the laboratory

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 11 November 2021

No 168 of 2021