Short Summary of Laws, Regulations and Policies with Title and Law Number:
D.C. Law 6-83 (Preventive Health Services Amendment Act of 1985) : mandates the reporting of cancer;
D.C. Law 8-157 (Preventive Health Services Amendment Act of 1990): enhanced confidentiality of patient’s medical information, and authorized the reciprocal exchange of non-resident patients seeking health-care in out-of-state facilities. Law also prescribed stiffer penalties for divulging confidential cancer information.
Federal Public Law 102-515: providing support to States to enhance their State Cancer Registries that will ensure complete, accurate and timely gathering of incident cancer diagnosis to be used for administrative and research purposes.
Services Your Program Provides:
Investigations – research and suspected cancer clusters.
Cancer Information Services – cancer statistics, levels and trends.
Collaborators:
Internal Collaborators:
Bureau of Chronic Disease (Project WISH and Prostate Cancer Programs)
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
State Center for Health Statistics
Environmental Health Administration
HIV/AIDS
Nutrition Health Program
External Collaborators:
Children’s National Medical Center
Columbia Hospital for Women
D.C. General Hospital
Howard University Cancer Center
Georgetown University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital
Hadley Memorial Hospital
Greater Southeast Community Hospital
Providence Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington Hospital Center
American Cancer Society – D.C. Chapter
Aid-Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society
Oncological Nursing Association of D.C.
North American Association Central Cancer Registries
Mid-Atlantic States Central Cancer Registries Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Cancer Institute, NCI/ SEER Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
