Reporting Cancer in Iowa

Since 1982 cancer has been a reportable disease in Iowa and the Registry has been delegated the responsibility for collecting data on cancer. In chapter 641- 1.3 (139A) Reportable diseases, of the Iowa Administrative Code, this is provided through review of records from hospitals, radiation treatment centers, outpatient surgical facilities, oncology clinics, pathology laboratories, and physicians’ offices.

Furthermore, since the Registry database is used for research, chapter 135.40 of the Iowa Administrative Code protects persons and hospitals from liability of any kind or character by reason of having provided such information.

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