Public and Environmental Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2006 (SA)

South Australia

Public and Environmental Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2006

under the Public and Environmental Health Act 1987

Contents

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Interpretation

4            Notification of test results

Schedule 1—Revocation of Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Public and Environmental Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2006.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 3 July 2006.

3—Interpretation

In these regulations—

cervical cancer test means the examination of a specimen taken from a woman to determine the presence in the woman of cancer of the uterine cervix or a precursor to such a cancer;

pathology laboratory includes a branch pathology laboratory;

pathology request form means a form submitted to a pathology laboratory by or on behalf of a medical practitioner requesting the laboratory to perform a cervical or related cancer test;

patient means the person in respect of whom a cervical or related cancer test is performed;

related cancer test means the examination of a specimen taken from a woman to determine the presence in the woman of cancer of the reproductive organs or tissue surrounding such organs other than the uterine cervix.

4—Notification of test results

(1)The person in charge of a pathology laboratory must, as soon as practicable after a cervical or related cancer test is performed at the laboratory, ensure that the following information is provided to the Council:

(a)the details (including the name, address, date of birth, Medicare number and any other identifying particulars) included on the pathology request form relating to the patient;

(b)the full name and business address of the medical practitioner who requested the test;

(c)the date shown on the pathology request form;

(d)the name of the laboratory at which the test was performed;

(e)the slide or specimen number assigned to the specimen by the laboratory;

(f)the results of the test and the recommendations of the pathologist responsible for the test.

(2)However, details included on the pathology request form relating to the patient are not required to be provided to the Council if the medical practitioner who requested the test has indicated on the form that those details are not to be released by the laboratory.

Schedule 1—Revocation of Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993

The Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993 are revoked.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

The Public and Environmental Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2006 have been superseded by the South Australian Public Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2012.

These regulations were impliedly revoked on 30.8.2012.

Principal regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2006	173	Gazette 22.6.2006 p2016	3.7.2006: r 2