AI-assisted research summary: Laboratories and colposcopists must report cervical cancer test information to the medical director, who must maintain a register and delete a woman's information on request.
Cervical Cancer Screening Registry Regulation, M.R. 31/2009 The Public Health Act , C.C.S.M. c. P210 Regulation 31/2009 Registered February 17, 2009 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definitions 2 Reporting of cervical cancer test 3 Director to maintain register 4 Information to be deleted upon request 5 Use of information in the register 6 Coming into force Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this regulation. "cervical cancer test" means a test carried out to determine whether or not a woman has cervical cancer or any of its precursors, and includes, but is not limited to (a) a Pap test; (b) a colposcopy; and (c) biopsy (histology). (« test de dépistage du cancer du col utérin ») "colposcopy" means the microscopic examination of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope. (« colposcopie ») "medical director" means the medical director of the Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program. (« directeur médical ») "Pap test" means the processes for the testing of cells scraped from a woman's cervix for detecting whether the woman has cervical cancer or any of its precursors. (« test de Papanicolaou ») "PHIN" has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of The Personal Health Information Act . (« NIMP ») "register" means the Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program Register. (« registre ») "screening history" means the information contained in the register related to an individual woman. (« antécédents en matière de dépistage ») Reporting of cervical cancer test 2(1) For every cervical cancer test carried out by a laboratory, the operator of the laboratory must file a report with the medical director. The report must be filed within 30 days of the result of the test being known. 2(2) A report under subsection (1) must include (a) the name, date of birth and PHIN of the woman for whom the cervical cancer test relates; (b) the date of the test; (c) the result of the test; (d) the name and address of the health professional who performed the Pap test or biopsy; (e) the name and location of the laboratory that performed the test; (f) the date the laboratory provided the result to the health professional; and (g) recommendations for follow-up. 2(3) Every colposcopist who performs a colposcopy, with or without a biopsy, must file a report containing the information described in clauses (2)⁠(a) to (c), and clause (2)⁠(g), with the medical director. The report must be filed within 30 days of the result of the colposcopy being known. Director to maintain register 3(1) The medical director shall maintain a register of the information provided under subsections 2(2) and (3). 3(2) The register may be in any form the medical director considers appropriate, including electronic form. Information to be deleted upon request 4 A woman or her health professional may request that the medical director delete from the register the information relating to the woman described in clause 2(2)⁠(a). The medical director must comply with the request forthwith. Use of information in the register 5 The information in the register is only to be used for the following purposes: (a) to remind a woman directly or through her health professional when further cervical cancer testing, investigation or treatment is recommended; (b) to disclose a women's screening history to the laboratory where a cervical cancer test is being conducted to help the laboratory interpret the test or sample and make clinical management recommendations; (c) to disclose a women's screening history to a health professional to help the health professional in advising the woman about options for clinical management; (d) to monitor rates and patterns of cervical cancer to assist in planning and evaluating prevention, treatment and screening programs. Coming into force 6 This regulation comes into force on the same day that The Public Health Act , S.M. 2006, c. 14, comes into force.