§1401. Prevention and treatment The department is authorized to make investigations concerning cancer, the prevention and treatment thereof, and the mortality therefrom, and to take such action as it may deem will assist in bringing about a reduction in the mortality due thereto.
§1402. Duty of physicians and hospitals All hospitals and other health care facilities providing screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services with respect to cancer shall report to the Department of Health and Human Services all persons diagnosed as having a malignant tumor or certain benign tumors as determined by rule no later than 6 months from […]
§1403. Registry (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 603 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 61 (RP). PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD).
§1404. Cancer-incidence registry The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish, maintain and operate a statewide cancer-incidence registry. [PL 1981, c. 507, §1 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6 (REV).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 507, §1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV).
§1405-A. Cancer Prevention and Control Advisory Committee (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 780, §LL2 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 574, §10 (RP).
§1405. Cancer Prevention and Control Advisory Committee (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 542, §§E2,E3 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 503, §B82 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 622, §S25 (RP).
§1406-A. Reporting data to the Maine Health Data Organization The department shall report data from the cancer-incidence registry established pursuant to section 1404, including personally identifying medical or protected health information, to the Maine Health Data Organization in accordance with the joint rule adopted pursuant to section 8715‑A. The data reported must be assigned a […]
§1406. Maine Cancer Registry Data Review Committee The Maine Cancer Registry Data Review Committee, referred to in this section as the “committee,” is established. The committee is appointed and convened by the Bureau of Health to review and advise the administrators of the statewide cancer-incidence registry established in section 1404 on the release of identifiable […]
§1407. Comprehensive cancer prevention, research and treatment 1. Program established. The Bureau of Health shall establish a cancer prevention and control program to provide leadership for and coordination of cancer prevention, research and treatment activities. The program may include, but is not limited to: A. Monitoring cancer prevalence at the state and community levels […]
§1408. Breast Cancer Services Special Program Fund The Breast Cancer Services Special Program Fund, referred to in this section as “the fund,” is established in the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, referred to in this section as “the center.” Balances in the fund may not lapse but must be carried forward and used […]
§1409. Maine Children’s Cancer Research Fund 1. Fund established. The Maine Children’s Cancer Research Fund, referred to in this section as “the fund,” is established as a nonlapsing fund to support children’s cancer research by individuals and organizations determined to be eligible according to rules adopted by the department under subsection 3. Money in the […]
