2406-A – Grants to Community-Based Organizations.
§ 2406-a. Grants to community-based organizations. 1. The commissioner shall make grants within any such amount as may be appropriated specifically for community-based organizations for the provision of counseling, education and outreach programs for persons diagnosed with breast cancer. 2. For the purposes of this section, “community-based organizations” shall mean grass roots, free-standing organizations in […]
2408 – Annual Report.
§ 2408. Annual report. The commissioner shall submit on or before December first, an annual report to the governor and the legislature concerning the operation of the breast and cervical cancer detection and education program. Commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-five, such reports shall include the experience of the program in providing cervical cancer early detection […]
2409 – Ovarian Cancer Information Program.
§ 2409. Ovarian cancer information program. 1. There is hereby created within the department the ovarian cancer information program (referred to in this section as the “program”), which shall provide information for consumers, patients, and health care providers relating to ovarian cancer, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, the benefits of early detection through appropriate […]
2410 – Health Research Science Board.
§ 2410. Health research science board. 1. There is hereby established in the department the health research science board. The board shall be comprised of seventeen voting members, three non-voting regional members and three non-voting ex-officio members as follows: (a) twelve voting members shall be scientists each of whom shall have either an M.D., D.O., […]
2411 – Powers and Duties of the Board.
§ 2411. Powers and duties of the board. 1. The board shall: (a) Survey state agencies, boards, programs and other state governmental entities to assess what, if any, relevant data has been or is being collected which may be of use to researchers engaged in breast cancer research; (b) Consistent with the survey conducted pursuant […]
2403 – Cancer; Compulsory Submission for Supervision or Inspection Not Required.
§ 2403. Cancer; compulsory submission for supervision or inspection not required. Nothing in this article shall be construed to compel any individual to submit to medical or health department supervision or inspection.
2404 – Breast Cancer; Duty to Inform.
§ 2404. Breast cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall develop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language, which shall explain the alternative medically viable methods of treating breast cancer, including but not limited to hormonal, radiological, chemotherapeutic or surgical treatments, or combinations thereof. The summary shall contain information on breast or chest […]
2404-A – Prostate Cancer; Duty to Inform.
§ 2404-a. Prostate cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall develop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language, which shall explain the following: (a) the symptoms and risk factors for prostate cancer; (b) the available methods for the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer, including information on the relative accuracy of the available […]
2404-B – Breast Cancer; Duty of Providers of Mammography Services to Ascertain and Provide Clinical Breast Examination Information.
§ 2404-b. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to ascertain and provide clinical breast examination information. Every provider who provides mammography services shall ascertain when, or if, their patients have had a clinical breast examination prior to providing such service and shall include such information with any mammography results or reports to alert […]
2400 – Cancer; Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
§ 2400. Cancer; powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall conduct investigations of the cause, mortality, methods of treatment, prevention and cure of cancer, and allied diseases, including the nature and extent of the facilities available in the several counties and cities of the state, for the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases, and […]