| (a) Reports of cancer from health care facilities,
clinical laboratories and health care practitioners shall be submitted
to the Texas Cancer Registry electronically using a secure electronic
process as defined by the department. At the request and with the
authorization of the applicable health care facility, clinical laboratory,
or health care practitioner, data may be furnished to the Texas Cancer
Registry through a health information exchange.
(b) The Texas Cancer Registry may accept the submission
of paper copies of medical records from a health care facility, pathology
reports from a clinical laboratory and reports or subsets of reports
from a health care practitioner under the following conditions.
(1) The department, or its authorized representative,
shall determine that such paper submissions are more expedient than
electronic reporting.
(2) The acceptance of paper submissions from a health
care facility, clinical laboratory or health care practitioner shall
be approved by the department or its authorized representative.
(3) The department, or its authorized representative,
may approve acceptance of paper submissions from defined groups or
types of health care facilities, clinical laboratories or health care
practitioners.
(4) All records and reports provided to the Texas Cancer
Registry pursuant to this subsection must be transmitted by secure
means at all times to protect the confidentiality of the data.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §91.6 adopted to be effective August 6, 1998, 23 TexReg 7801; amended to be effective November 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 10387; amended to be effective July 9, 2006, 31 TexReg 5300; amended to be effective August 14, 2011, 36 TexReg 4963; amended to be effective April 2, 2017, 42 TexReg 1450 |
