32.1-71.02 - Notification of cancer patients of statewide cancer registry reporting.
§ 32.1-71.02. Notification of cancer patients of statewide cancer registryreporting.
A. Any physician diagnosing a malignant tumor or cancer shall, at such timeand in such manner as considered appropriate by such physician, notify eachpatient whose name and record abstract is required to be reported to thestatewide cancer registry pursuant to § 32.1-70 that personal identifyinginformation about him has been included in the registry as required by law.Any physician required to so notify a patient that personal identifyinginformation about him has been included in the cancer registry may, when, inthe opinion of the physician, such notice would be injurious to the patient'shealth or well-being, provide the required notice to the patient's authorizedrepresentative or next of kin in lieu of notifying the patient.
B. Upon request to the statewide cancer registry, the patient whose personalidentifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have aright to know the identity of the reporter of his information to suchregistry.
(2000, c. 918; 2003, cc. 540, 548.)