Section 457.052 - Reporting of information by provider of health care, health care facility and certain other facilities: Required contents; request for variance from requirement1. A provider of health care who is required to report information on cases of cancer and other neoplasms pursuant to NRS 457.230 and each health care facility and other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms must include, without limitation, the following information on the form provided to the Chief Medical Officer pursuant to NAC 457.050: (a) The name, address, date of birth, gender and race or ethnicity of the patient, and, if available, the social security number of the patient and the name of the primary payer from which the provider of health care or the health care facility or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and neoplasms may receive payment for the services to the patient;(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the name, address and National Provider Identifier (NPI) number of the provider of health care or health care facility or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and neoplasms that is making the report;(c) The date and final diagnosis of the patient;(d) The anatomical site of the lesion; and(e) The date of the last contact with the patient and the vital status of the patient at the time of the last contact.2. If a company provides information for multiple health care facilities owned or operated by the company pursuant to subsection 4 of NAC 457.145, the only address that is required to be included is the address of the company providing the information.3. A provider of health care and a health care facility and other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms that is required pursuant to NAC 457.050 to provide the information set forth in subsection 1 and is unable to do so may request a variance from that requirement pursuant to NAC 439.200 to 439.280, inclusive, except that a variance is not necessary if the information required to be abstracted:(a) Is not made available by the patient; or(b) Is not readily obtainable, as determined by the Division, by the provider of health care or the health care facility or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms.4. To the extent that information concerning which a variance could be requested is the subject of a notice of violation pursuant to NAC 457.145, a health care facility, or as applicable, a company that owns or operates multiple health care facilities, may defer making a request for a variance until the time allowed for correcting the violation expires, including any extension of time to correct the violation issued by the Division.Nev. Admin. Code § 457.052
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R057-16AP, eff. 5/16/2018