Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
  4. Department of Health
  5. Tennessee Cancer Reporting System Act of 1983
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Cancer” means and includes, but is not limited to:
    1. A large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells;
    2. Any condition of tumors having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis;
    3. A cellular tumor, the natural course of which is fatal;
    4. Malignant neoplasm; and
    5. In-situ cancer.
  2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health;
  3. “Department” means the department of health;
  4. “Facility” means a health care facility in which diagnosis or treatment services are provided to patients with cancer, including, but not limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center (ASTC), a freestanding cancer treatment center, a radiation therapy center, a chemotherapy treatment center, a nursing home, an oncology or dermatology clinic, a laboratory, or any other facility that provides screening, detection, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with cancer;
  5. “Health care practitioner” means a physician, surgeon, or other health care professional licensed under title 63 who is engaged in diagnosing and treating patients who have cancer;
  6. “Hospital” means an institution as defined by § 68-11-201;
  7. “In-situ cancer” means an abnormality of development and organization of cells. It is a condition of early cancer, without the invasion of neighboring tissue;
  8. “Laboratory” means a facility where tests are performed identifying anatomical and cytological changes, and where specimens are interpreted and pathological diagnoses are made; and
  9. “Medical, scientific and academic research communities” means those institutions that devote a substantial part of their activity to research and that have internal procedures providing for the collection, study and protection of data.


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