25 Tex. Admin. Code § 91.6 - How to Report
(a) Reports of
cancer from health care facilities, clinical laboratories and health care
practitioners shall be submitted to the Texas Cancer Registry electronically
using a secure electronic process as defined by the department. At the request
and with the authorization of the applicable health care facility, clinical
laboratory, or health care practitioner, data may be furnished to the Texas
Cancer Registry through a health information exchange.
(b) The Texas Cancer Registry may accept the
submission of paper copies of medical records from a health care facility,
pathology reports from a clinical laboratory and reports or subsets of reports
from a health care practitioner under the following conditions.
(1) The department, or its authorized
representative, shall determine that such paper submissions are more expedient
than electronic reporting.
(2) The
acceptance of paper submissions from a health care facility, clinical
laboratory or health care practitioner shall be approved by the department or
its authorized representative.
(3)
The department, or its authorized representative, may approve acceptance of
paper submissions from defined groups or types of health care facilities,
clinical laboratories or health care practitioners.
(4) All records and reports provided to the
Texas Cancer Registry pursuant to this subsection must be transmitted by secure
means at all times to protect the confidentiality of the data.
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