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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 918<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapters 540<\/a> and 548<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68428,"section_number":"32.1-70","catch_line":"Information from hospitals, clinics, certain laboratories and physicians supplied to Commissioner; statewide cancer registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-70\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66698,"identifier":"32.1-71.02","token":"32.1\/2\/9\/32.1-71.02","url":"\/32.1-71.02\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-71.02\/","token":"32.1\/2\/9\/32.1-71.02","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification of cancer patients of statewide cancer registry reporting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-71.02","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any physician diagnosing a malignant tumor or cancer shall, at such time and in such manner as considered appropriate by such physician, notify each patient whose name and record abstract is required to be reported to the statewide cancer registry pursuant to § 32.1-70<\/a> that personal identifying information about him has been included in the registry as required by law<\/span>. Any physician required to so notify a patient that personal identifying information about him has been included in the cancer registry may, when, in the opinion<\/span> of the physician, such notice would be injurious to the patient’s health or well-being, provide the required notice to the patient’s authorized representative or next of kin in lieu of notifying the patient. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon request to the statewide cancer registry, the patient whose personal identifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have a right to know the identity of the reporter of his information to such registry. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION OF CANCER PATIENTS OF STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRY REPORTING (\u00a7\n32.1-71.02)\n\nA. Any physician diagnosing a malignant tumor or cancer shall, at such time and\nin such manner as considered appropriate by such physician, notify each patient\nwhose name and record abstract is required to be reported to the statewide\ncancer registry pursuant to § 32.1-70 that personal identifying information\nabout him has been included in the registry as required by law. Any physician\nrequired to so notify a patient that personal identifying information about him\nhas been included in the cancer registry may, when, in the opinion of the\nphysician, such notice would be injurious to the patient’s health or\nwell-being, provide the required notice to the patient’s authorized\nrepresentative or next of kin in lieu of notifying the patient.\n\nB. Upon request to the statewide cancer registry, the patient whose personal\nidentifying information has been submitted to such registry shall have a right\nto know the identity of the reporter of his information to such registry.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 918; 2003, cc. 540, 548.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}