South Australian Health Commission (Cancer) Regulations 1991 (SA)
South Australia
South Australian Health Commission (Cancer) Regulations 1991
under the South Australian Health Commission Act 1976
Contents
Short title
Commencement
Interpretation
Hospital's obligation to report
Pathology laboratory's obligation to report
Schedule—Form for reporting of cancer
Legislative history
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the South Australian Health Commission (Cancer) Regulations 1991.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 1991.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
cancer means a malignant growth of human tissue which if unchecked is likely to spread to adjacent tissue or beyond its place of origin and which has the propensity to recur, and includes carcinoma, sarcoma, any mixed tumour, leukaemia, any type of lymphoma or melanoma but excludes any type of neoplasm of the skin other than melanoma.
4—Hospital's obligation to report
Where a person who has been diagnosed as suffering from a cancer is an inpatient or outpatient of a hospital, the person responsible for the management of the hospital must furnish the Minister with a report in the form set out in the Schedule within one calendar month after any of the following events takes place:
(a)the patient first commences radiotherapy treatment at the hospital;
(b)the patient is discharged from the hospital (whether or not the patient is transferred to another hospital);
(c)the patient dies in the hospital.
5—Pathology laboratory's obligation to report
Where a pathology laboratory prepares a report in relation to a person suffering from a cancer, the person in charge of the laboratory must, within one month after completion of the report, furnish the Minister with a copy of the report.
Schedule—Form for reporting of cancer
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 South Australian Health Commission (Cancer) Regulations 1991 were revoked by Sch 1 of the South Australian Health Commission (Cancer Reporting) Regulations 2006 on 1.9.2006.
Principal regulations and variations
| Year | No | Reference | Commencement |
| 1991 | 73 | Gazette 6.6.1991 p1832 | 1.7.1991: r 2 |
| 2000 | 168 | Gazette 6.7.2000 p41 | 6.7.2000: r 2 |
| 2003 | 147 | Gazette 12.6.2003 p2500 | 12.6.2003: r 2 |
Provisions varied
| Provision | How varied | Commencement |
| r 4 | varied by 168/2000 r 3 | 6.7.2000 |
| r 5 | varied by 168/2000 r 4 | 6.7.2000 |
| Sch | heading substituted by 147/2003 Sch 1 | 12.6.2003 |
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