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Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-38-2-1

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 1. (a) The state department shall establish a cancer registry for the purpose of:

(1) recording:

(A) all cases of malignant disease;  and

(B) other tumors and precancerous diseases required to be reported by:

(i) federal law or federal regulation;  or

(ii) the National Program of Cancer Registries;

that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana;  and

(2) compiling necessary and appropriate information concerning those cases, as determined by the state department;

in order to conduct epidemiologic surveys of cancer and to apply appropriate preventive and control measures.

(b) The state department may use any information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis within a certain geographical region.

(c) The department may contract for the collection and analysis of, and the research related to, the epidemiologic data compiled under this chapter.

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