68-1-1002 - Definitions.
68-1-1002. Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Cancer means and includes, but is not limited to:
(A) A large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells;
(B) Any condition of tumors having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis;
(C) A cellular tumor, the natural course of which is fatal;
(D) Malignant neoplasm; and
(E) In-situ cancer.
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of health;
(3) Department means the department of health;
(4) Facility means a health care facility in which diagnosis or treatment services are provided to patients with cancer, including, but not limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center, a freestanding cancer treatment center, a radiation therapy center, a chemotherapy treatment center, a nursing home, an oncology or dermatology clinic, a laboratory, or any other facility that provides screening, detection, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with cancer;
(5) Health care practitioner means a physician, surgeon, or other health care professional licensed under title 63 who is engaged in diagnosing and treating patients who have cancer;
(6) Hospital means an institution as defined by § 68-11-201;
(7) In-situ cancer means an abnormality of development and organization of cells. It is a condition of early cancer, without the invasion of neighboring tissue;
(8) Laboratory means a facility where tests are performed identifying anatomical and cytological changes, and where specimens are interpreted and pathological diagnoses are made; and
(9) Medical, scientific and academic research communities means those institutions that devote a substantial part of their activity to research and that have internal procedures providing for the collection, study and protection of data.
[Acts 1983, ch. 124, § 3; 1985, ch. 85, § 1; 2000, ch. 775, §§ 2-6.]