The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 152)
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§ 152. Establishment of cancer registry
(a) The Commissioner shall establish a uniform statewide population-based cancer registry
system for the collection of information determining the incidence of cancer and related
data. The Secretary shall adopt rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter,
including the data to be reported and the effective date after which reporting by
health care facilities and health care providers shall be required.
(b) All cancers diagnosed or treated in the State shall be reported to the representative
of the Department of Health authorized by the Commissioner to compile the cancer data,
or any individual, agency, or organization designated to cooperate with that representative.
(c) The Commissioner shall establish a training program for the personnel of participating
health care facilities and a quality control program for cancer data. The Commissioner
shall collaborate in studies with clinicians and epidemiologists and publish reports
on the results of such studies. The Commissioner shall cooperate with the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in providing
cancer incidence data. (Added 1993, No. 90, § 2.)