57-1704. ESTABLISHMENT OF CANCER REGISTRY. (1) The department, or an authorized contractor of the department, shall maintain a uniform statewide population-based cancer registry system for the collection of data pertaining to the incidence, prevalence, management, survival, mortality, geographic distribution and risk factors associated with cancer and reportable benign tumors.
(2) All cancers and reportable benign tumors diagnosed or treated in the state shall be reported to the department or the authorized contractor of the department.
(3) Data reported to the cancer registry shall be available for use in aggregate form for analysis, benchmarking, and reports of Idaho’s cancer incidence, prevalence, management, survival, mortality, health status, geographic distribution, and risk factors in comparison to the nation.
History:
[57-1704, added 1995, ch. 67, sec. 4, p. 171.]