Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993 (SA)

South Australia

Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993

under the Public and Environmental Health Act 1987

Contents

1Short title

2Commencement

3Interpretation

4Notification of cytology and biopsy results

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation four months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 section 10AA).

3—Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

cervical biopsy specimen means a uterine cervical biopsy specimen;

cervical smear means a smear of the uterine cervix;

laboratory request form means a form submitted to a pathology laboratory by or on behalf of a medical practitioner requesting the laboratory to perform tests on a cervical smear, vaginal smear or cervical biopsy specimen;

pathology laboratory includes a branch pathology laboratory;

vaginal smear means a smear of the vaginal mucosa.

4—Notification of cytology and biopsy results

(1)A person who is in charge of a pathology laboratory must, as soon as practicable after a test on a cervical smear, vaginal smear or cervical biopsy specimen is performed at the laboratory, provide or cause to be provided to the Council the following information:

(a)the full name, date of birth, residential address and Medicare number of the person from whom the smear or biopsy specimen was taken; and

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

(c)the date shown on the laboratory request form; and

(d)the results of the cytology or biopsy test and the recommendations of the pathologist responsible for the test; and

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

(f)the slide or specimen number assigned to the test by the laboratory.

(2)Subregulation (1) does not require a person to provide to the Council—

(a)information of a kind referred to in subregulation (1)(a) where a medical practitioner indicates on the laboratory request form that the information is not to be released by the laboratory; or

(b)information of a kind referred to in subregulation (1)(a) or (b) where the information is not provided on the laboratory request form.

Legislative history

Notes

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

Revocation of regulations

The Public and Environmental Health (Cervical Cancer Screening) Regulations 1993 were revoked by Sch 1 of the Public and Environmental Health (Cervical and Related Cancer Screening) Regulations 2006 on 3.7.2006.

Principal regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
1993	12	Gazette 18.2.1993 p626	18.6.1993: r 2