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The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe for the purposes of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014—
the types of cancer screening that are required to be reported to the Secretary; and
who must report that screening; and
the form of the reports, the time within which they must be made and the information to be included in them.
These Regulations are made under section 28 of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014.
These Regulations come into operation on
30 July 2018.
The following Regulations are revoked—
the Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Regulations 2015[1];
the Improving Cancer Outcomes (Screening Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2017[2].
Reg. 5 substituted by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 5.
In these Regulations—
healthcare identifier has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 of the Commonwealth.
Reg. 6 substituted by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 6.
For the purposes of section 8(1) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, mammography, mammographic screening and subsequent radiology, pathology or clinical testing or procedures undergone in order to determine whether an individual has cancer, or a precursor to cancer, of the breast are prescribed types of cancer screening.
Reg. 7 substituted by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 6.
For the purposes of section 8(1) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014, an organisation that conducts, on behalf of BreastScreen Victoria Inc, cancer screening of a type referred to in regulation 6 is a prescribed organisation.
Reg. 8 substituted by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 6.
For the purposes of section 8(2) of the Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014—
a report of the cancer screening is in the prescribed form if it contains the prescribed information; and
the prescribed information to be included in a report of the cancer screening of the type referred to in regulation 6 is the information set out in Schedule 1.
Sch. 1 amended by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 7.
Schedule 1—Prescribed information to be set out in a report of cancer screening of the breast
Regulation 8
1. Name of organisation where the test was undertaken
2. Patient details:
Healthcare identifier (if known)
Family name
Given name(s)
Maiden name (if applicable)
Address (home and postal)
Postcode
Contact telephone number (home and mobile)
Email address
Date of birth
Country of birth
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status
Language spoken at home (if known—please specify)
3. Breast cancer history:
Patient
Patient's family
4. Symptoms of breast cancer
5. Type of test
6. Test result
Sch. 2 revoked by S.R. No. 50/2019 reg. 8.
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