Rule 37.8.1808 - REQUIRED RECORDS, INDEPENDENT CLINICAL LABORATORIES(1) Whenever a clinical laboratory which is not owned or operated by a hospital provides laboratory services for any patient relating to a tumor designated as reportable by ARM 37.8.1801, it must collect, record, and make available to the department the following information about that patient: (a) name and current address of patient;(b) patient's address at time of diagnosis;(c) social security number;(d) name of spouse, if any;(e) race, sex, and marital status;(f) age at diagnosis, month, day, and year of birth;(g) date and place of initial diagnosis;(h) primary site of tumor (paired organ);(i) sequence of primary tumors, if more than one;(j) method of confirming diagnosis;(k) histology, including dates, place, histologic type, and slide number;(l) summary staging, including whether in situ, localized, regional, distant or unstaged, with no information, or whether AJCC or TNM staging is utilized, and, if so, the findings of the staging;(m) description of tumor and its spread, if any, including size in centimeters, number of positive nodes, number of nodes examined, and site of distant metastasis;(n) status at time of latest recorded information, i.e., whether alive or dead, tumor in evidence, or recurring, or status unknown; and(o) names of physicians primarily and secondarily responsible for follow up.Mont. Admin. r. 37.8.1808
NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1857, Eff. 11/30/85; TRANS, from DHES, 1997 MAR p. 1460; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2441, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 87, Eff. 1/30/09.50-15-706, MCA; IMP, 50-15-703, MCA;