Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 64-68-3 - Definitions3.1. Abstract -- A summary of information relating to the diagnosis and course of disease of an individual case of cancer.3.2. Bureau - The bureau for public health in the department of health and human resources.3.3. Cancer -- A cellular tumor, the natural course of which is fatal and usually associated with the formation of secondary tumors.3.4. Cancer Registry -- A registry maintained for the collection of information concerning newly diagnosed cancer cases.3.5. Commissioner -- The commissioner of the bureau for public health in the department of health and human resources or his or her designee.3.6. Confidential Information -- Information which identifies individual cancer patients, health care facilities or health care providers.3.7. Data linkages - The service that the Bureau provides to cancer researchers or other qualified individuals or healthcare facilities that involves the linkage of an external data file to individual level data maintained in the West Virginia Cancer Registry.3.8. Diagnosis -- The determination of the nature of a case of disease.3.9. Health Care Facility -- Any hospital, nursing home, clinic, cancer treatment center, laboratory, or any other facility or institution which provides health care or diagnostic services to individuals. 3.10. Health Care Provider -- Any physician, dentist, nurse, or other individual who provides to individuals medical, dental, nursing, or other health care services of any kind.3.11. Hospital -- An entity subject to licensure as a hospital under WV Code § 16-5B-1.3.12. Person -- An individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity.3.13. Reportable Cancer Case -- Any case of cancer diagnosed after December 31, 1992, where the primary tumor is determined to be malignant or carcinoma in situ, with the exception of basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix.3.14. Reporting Source -- A health care facility or provider which diagnoses or provides treatment for cancer.3.15. West Virginia Cancer Registry -- The office within the bureau for public health which collects and maintains information on cancer cases.