N.H. Code Admin. R. He-P 304.07
Quality Assurance, Verification, and Confidentiality
Effective Mar 15, 2016#4377, eff 3-1-88; ss by #5601, eff 3-24-93, EXPIRED: 3-24-99 New. #7406, eff 11-21-00; ss by #9046, eff 12-5-07; ss by #11054, eff 3-15-16Former Division of Public Health Services
- (a) All facilities shall respond to SCR requests for case information pursuant to He-P 304.02(b) and (c) within 14 working days of receipt of such requests.
- (b) All facilities shall respond to SCR requests to perform a site visit.
(c) SCR shall perform a site visit at each facility in order to:
- (1) Audit pathology reports and other information to ensure that no cancer cases are overlooked in reporting; and
- (2) Monitor the completeness and accuracy of the cancer reports.
(d) Each facility shall make available for reviewing and copying all paper or electronically stored information including the following:
- (1) Laboratory analyses including tissue, cytology, and pathology reports;
- (2) Records regarding radiological examinations, in relation to cancer diagnoses or treatment;
- (3) Reports of diagnoses of malignant disease, and notations of the reasons for such diagnoses, including both primary clinicians’ reports and consultants’ reports;
- (4) Pharmacy records;
- (5) Reports regarding any operations or an autopsy;
- (6) Discharge plans and abstracts regarding cancer diagnoses; and
- (7) A list of the applicable discharge diagnoses or treatment as identified in the “Casefinding Lists, Current Lists/Code List,” (October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016), as listed in Appendix A and available as a free electronic document at http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/casefinding/case2016-icd10cm.html.
- (e) Pursuant to 42 USC 280e(c)(2)(D)(viii), individuals complying with the law shall not be held liable in any civil action with respect to a report of cancer provided to the SCR, or with respect to access to data or information provided to the SCR.
Source. #4377, eff 3-1-88; ss by #5601, eff 3-24-93, EXPIRED: 3-24-99 New. #7406, eff 11-21-00; ss by #9046, eff 12-5-07; ss by #11054, eff 3-15-16