                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTIFICATION OF CANCER PATIENTS OF STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRY REPORTING (§
32.1-71.02)

A. 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 &#xA7; 32.1-70 that personal identifying information
about him has been included in the registry as required by law. 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 of the
physician, such notice would be injurious to the patient&#8217;s health or
well-being, provide the required notice to the patient&#8217;s authorized
representative or next of kin in lieu of notifying the patient.

B. 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.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 918; 2003, cc. 540, 548.