PART III. 
CANCER STUDIES



 



§324-21  Sources of information protected. 
(a)  Any person, public or private medical facility, or social or educational
agency, may provide information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda,
biological specimens, or other data or relevant material relating to
individuals with cancer or pre-cancerous conditions to the Hawaii Tumor
Registry.  This information may be used in the course of any cancer research
study approved by the cancer commission of the Hawaii Medical Association and
the appropriate federally authorized human subjects protection board.



(b)  Hospitals, skilled nursing homes,
intermediate care homes, free-standing radiation oncology facilities, and other
treatment or pathology facilities shall submit a report of any person admitted
with or diagnosed as having cancer to the Hawaii Tumor Registry or
participating hospital registry according to a format approved by the cancer
commission of the Hawaii Medical Association.  Physicians who diagnose or treat
a patient for cancer shall also submit a report to the Hawaii Tumor Registry or
participating hospital registry unless the patient has previously been admitted
or treated at a hospital, skilled nursing home, intermediate care home, or
free-standing radiation oncology facility for that particular cancer.  The
Hawaii Tumor Registry staff or their representative or hospital-based registry
staff may assist the hospitals, institutions, treatment or pathology
facilities, and physician offices in the preparation of the reports.



(c)  No liability of any kind or character for
damages or other relief shall arise or be enforced against any person or
organization by reason of having provided the information or material, or by
reason of having released or published the findings, conclusions, and summaries
of the researchers to advance medical research and medical education. [L 1973,
c 25, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 30, §1; am L 2000, c 17, §2; am L 2008, c 117, §3]