Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2019 (Vic)

Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2019

S.R. No. 50/2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Regulation 5 substituted

6Regulations 6, 7 and 8 substituted

7Schedule 1 amended

8Schedule 2 revoked

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2019

S.R. No. 50/2019

Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014

Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2019

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 25 June 2019

Responsible Minister:

JENNY MIKAKOS
Minister for Health

PIETA TAVROU

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Regulations 2018—

(a)to remove the requirement for prescribed entities to report prescribed information in relation to cervical cancer screening to the Secretary; and

(b)to make consequential amendments.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 28 of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2019.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Regulations 2018[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5Regulation 5 substituted

For regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"5   Definition

In these Regulations—

healthcare identifier has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 of the Commonwealth.".

6Regulations 6, 7 and 8 substituted

For regulations 6, 7 and 8 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"6   Types of cancer screening to be reported

For the purposes of section 8(1) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, mammography, mammographic screening and subsequent radiology, pathology or clinical testing or procedures undergone in order to determine whether an individual has cancer, or a precursor to cancer, of the breast are prescribed types of cancer screening.

7Entities required to report cancer screening

For the purposes of section 8(1) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, an organisation that conducts, on behalf of BreastScreen Victoria Inc, cancer screening of a type referred to in regulation 6 is a prescribed organisation.

8Cancer screening reports

For the purposes of section 8(2) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014—

(a)a report of the cancer screening is in the prescribed form if it contains the prescribed information; and

(b)the prescribed information to be included in a report of the cancer screening of the type referred to in regulation 6 is the information set out in Schedule 1.".

7Schedule 1 amended

In Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, for "Regulation 8(c)(i)" substitute "Regulation 8".

8Schedule 2 revoked

Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is revoked.

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 107/2018.