A cancer report shall contain the following information, using the standard nomenclature contained in the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries' Standards for Cancer Registries, Volume II, Data Standards and Data Dictionary:

1. A. Reasonably obtained patient demographic information, including risk factors;
2. B. Information on the industrial or occupational history of an individual with cancer, to the extent such information is available;

3. C. Relevant information on the:

   1. (1) Initial diagnosis, including the date of the diagnosis;
   2. (2) Initial treatment;
   3. (3) Extent of the disease by the end of the first hospitalization; and
   4. (4) Extent of the disease within 2 months of diagnosis, if the information is available to the reporting facility, nursing facility, assisted living program, or general hospice care program;
4. D. Facility and other provider identification information; and
5. E. Other requirements as considered necessary by the Secretary.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§2-104, 18-104, 18-203 and 18-204, Annotated Code of Maryland; 42 U.S.C. §280(e)

Effective date: September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1707)

Regulation .01 amended effective April 21, 1997 (24:8 Md. R. 616)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 26, 1993 (20:8 Md. R. 723); April 21, 1997 (24:8 Md. R. 616); June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 788)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 21, 1997 (24:8 Md. R. 616)

Regulation .04C amended effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 788)

Regulation .05B amended effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 788)

Regulation .06B, D amended effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 788)

Chapter revised effective March 22, 2010 (37:6 Md. R. 478)

Regulation .01 amended effective January 13, 2011 (38:1 Md. R. 11); April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 611); February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .02B amended effective January 13, 2011 (38:1 Md. R. 11); April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 611); February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .02-1 adopted effective April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 611)

Regulation .02-1 amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .05C amended effective January 13, 2011 (38:1 Md. R. 11)

Regulation .06B amended effective January 13, 2011 (38:1 Md. R. 11)

Regulation .07G adopted effective April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 611)

Regulation .07G amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .08A amended effective January 13, 2011 (38:1 Md. R. 11)