Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services
Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance
7 AAC 27.011 - Reporting of cancer and brain tumors

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 27.011

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A hospital, physician, surgeon, or other health care facility or health care provider diagnosing, screening, or providing treatment for a cancer patient in this state shall

(1) report the information specified in (b) of this section to the division not later than six months after the date of diagnosis, screening, or treatment; and

(2) submit cancer case information
(A) electronically to the Alaska Cancer Registry (ACR) if the number of new diagnosed cancers is at least 26 cancer patients per year;

(B) electronically, by mail, or by facsimile transmission to ACR if the number of new diagnosed cancers is not more than 25 cancer patients per year.

(b) The following must be provided for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer, with the exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia grade III, and in-situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri, and must be provided for each brain-related tumor, whether malignant or benign, occurring in the brain, the meninges, the spinal cord, the cauda equina, a cranial nerve, the pituitary gland, the pineal gland, the craniopharyngeal duct, or any other part of the central nervous system:

(1) information about the patient, including at minimum the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, community of residence, date of diagnosis, primary site, laterality, diagnostic confirmation method, and name of attending or admitting health care provider;

(2) pathological data characterizing the cancer, including the cancer site, histology, behavior, stage of disease, and type of treatment.

(c) In this section, "health care facility"

(1) means
(A) a private, municipal, state, or federal hospital;

(B) a hospital operated by an Alaska Native organization;

(C) a psychiatric hospital;

(D) an independent diagnostic testing facility within the meaning given in 7 AAC 07.900;

(E) a residential psychiatric treatment center;

(F) a skilled nursing facility;

(G) an intermediate care facility; or

(H) an ambulatory surgical facility;

(2) does not include
(A) a tuberculosis hospital;

(B) a kidney disease treatment center;

(C) an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home administered by the Department of Family and Community Services under AS 47.55; or

(D) a dental office in an individual or group practice.

Effective 12/29/2006, Register 180, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 27.011 without change, to affirm the validity of that section under current statutory authority.

Authority:AS 18.05.030

AS 18.05.040

AS 18.05.042

AS 18.15.370

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