Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4606 - CANCER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Part 4606.3302 - DEFINITIONS

Subpart 1. Abstract.

"Abstract" means an electronic record, in a format specified by the commissioner, which contains the information required in part 4606.3304.

Subp. 2. Attending physician.

"Attending physician" means the physician who provides primary clinical care for the cancer case.

Subp. 3. Cancer.

"Cancer" means:

Subp. 3a. Cancer registry.

"Cancer registry" means a collection of cancer data on patients that is maintained as an identified repository of such data for or within any hospital, medical clinic, or centralized institution.

Subp. 4. Case.

"Case" means any Minnesota resident, living or deceased, having a cancer diagnosed by a physician or dentist.

Subp. 5. Case report.

"Case report" means a complete report of a diagnosis of cancer, which has been made by a physician or dentist. At a minimum, this shall consist of source documents that contain all or as much as is known of the information required in part 4606.3304.

Subp. 6. Commissioner.

"Commissioner" means the state commissioner of health, or the commissioner's authorized officers, or employees.

Subp. 7. Demographic form.

"Demographic form" means the front page of a hospital medical record, the hospital business office form, or the pathology specimen submission slip that contains the demographic information required in part 4606.3304 for cases.

Subp. 8. Dentist.

"Dentist" means any person who is licensed by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry to practice dentistry.

Subp. 9. [Repealed, 36 SR 615]

Subp. 10. Epidemiologic studies.

"Epidemiologic studies" means the compilation of data on health and disease, its scientific analysis to determine the distribution and causes of health problems in populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

Subp. 11. Hospital.

"Hospital" means any institution licensed as such by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.50.

Subp. 12. Medical clinic.

"Medical clinic" means any institution staffed by one or more physicians where diseases of human beings are diagnosed.

Subp. 13. Medical laboratory or pathology laboratory.

"Medical laboratory" or "pathology laboratory" means any facility that reports the results of examinations of organ tissue, cells, or blood specimens from the human body for cancer to physicians who use the reports for purposes of diagnosis or patient care.

Subp. 14. Minnesota resident.

"Minnesota resident" means a person who provides a permanent address within the borders of the state at the time of cancer diagnosis. In the case of minors, residency shall be determined as that of the parent or legal guardian. This does not mean that Minnesota is the person's legal residence or voting residence.

Subp. 15. Physician.

"Physician" means a person who is licensed by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice to practice medicine.

Subp. 16. Reporting entity.

"Reporting entity" means the individual or operational unit within an institution such as a medical laboratory, hospital, clinic, or cancer registry, designated by the institution to submit case reports required by parts 4606.3300 to 4606.3309.

Subp. 17. Source documents.

"Source documents" means copies of the demographic forms and the portions of a medical record, including pathology laboratory reports that contain the information required in part 4606.3304 for cases.

Subp. 18. [Repealed, 36 SR 615]