Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 192

Department of Health and Senior Services

←192.650

Section 192.653.1

192.655→

August 28, 2015

Reports required from certain health care providers, content--exemptions.

192.653. 1. The administrator or designated representative of

hospitals, pathology laboratories, physician offices, ambulatory surgical

centers, residential care facilities or assisted living facilities,

intermediate care facilities or skilled nursing facilities, and free-standing

cancer clinics and treatment centers shall report to the department of health

and senior services every case of malignant neoplasm as required pursuant to

section 192.650. Physicians' offices shall be exempt from reporting cases that

are directly referred to or have been previously admitted to any other

facility which is required by this subsection to report malignant neoplasms.



2. The attending physician or other health care provider responsible for

a patient's diagnosis or treatment for a malignant neoplasm shall provide, in

writing, to the administrator or the administrator's designated

representative, the information required pursuant to section 192.650.



3. Reports filed with the director may be submitted through a data system

designated by the person or organization filing the report.



4. If a facility described in subsection 1 of this section is currently

submitting reports of cases to the department of health and senior services

through a centralized reporting system, duplicate reporting shall not be

required.



(L. 1983 S.B. 163 § 2, A.L. 1999 H.B. 454)



*Reprinted due to editorial change required by § 198.005.







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