New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 300 - DISEASES
Part He-P 304 - CANCER REGISTRY RULES
Section He-P 304.01 - Definitions

(a) "Clinic" means a health care facility licensed by the state of New Hampshire, where a physician, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional provides cancer diagnosis and treatment or both, and that is not an operational entity of and not affiliated with a hospital. Such facilities include urology clinics, dermatology clinics, out-patient surgical centers, ambulatory oncology treatment centers, ambulatory radiation treatment centers, and physician group practices devoted to oncology.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.

(c) "Confidence interval" means an estimated range of values, which is likely to include an unknown population parameter, the estimated range being calculated from a given set of sample data.

(d) "Courier service" means a mail delivery service that provides guaranteed delivery of documents or packages by using a reliable tracking system.

(e) "Definitive report" means information or data in the format of an electronic or paper document, or report, describing a reportable cancer, including the information described in He-P 304.02(e) , that is submitted to the state cancer registry (SCR) as follows:

(f) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.

(g) "Facility" means "facility" as defined in RSA 141-B:3, VI, namely, "a governmental or private agency, department, institution, clinic, laboratory, hospital, health maintenance organization, association, physician, or other similar unit diagnosing or providing treatment for cancer."

(h) "Medical laboratory" means a facility performing tests or analyses of human samples from patients suspected to have cancer.

(i) "Mutual agreement" means an understanding, arrangement, or stipulation which establishes the responsible reporter to the SCR as made between 2 facilities, clinics, or physicians, which can be confirmed in writing, but for which written documentation is not required.

(j) "Pathology report" means electronic or paper report(s) prepared by a pathologist providing a description of laboratory test results, and an evaluation of cells, tissues, and organs based on evidence from a sample of body tissue, which is used to diagnose and characterize disease.

(k) "Protected health information" means protected health information as defined in 45 CFR 160.103.

(l) "Rapid report" means information or data in an electronic or paper document or report, describing a reportable cancer, including the information described in He-P 304.02(d) , that is submitted to the SCR within 45 days of diagnosis.

(m) "Reportable cancer" means any syndrome, condition, or disease listed in "Table 2 "NAACCR Layout Version 15: Comparison of Reportable Cancers" (Thornton ML, (ed.)) "Standards and Registry Operations/Volume II/Data Standards and Data Dictionary," Version 15, 19th ed. (Posted October 2014, Revised February 27, 2015) /Chapter III, "Standards for Tumor Inclusion and Reportability" "Table 2 NPCR Requirements", Springfield, Ill., North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. As listed in Appendix A and available as a free electronic document at http://www.naaccr.org.

(n) "State cancer registry (SCR) " means the department or, if the department meets its statutory obligations by contract, an organization, system, or individual contracted by the department to collect, manage and store information on cases of reportable cancer pursuant to RSA 141:B:5 and RSA 141-B:10.