SECTION 310:567-5-4. Cancer control, intervention, and special studies

(a)   The Department may make such investigations concerning cancer, the treatment of this disease or impairments and the mortality resulting from them. The results of these investigations may be utilized in concert with communities, counties, or statewide groups to assist in planning, implementation, or evaluation efforts to reduce cancer morbidity or mortality.

(b)   The Department may utilize central cancer registry data of non-confidential nature to conduct epidemiological surveys, correlation's between relative survival rates and stage of disease at diagnosis, efficacy of treatment modalities for various types of cancer at various stages of disease, lifestyle factors and other known risks of exposure to chemical agents and physical factors which may initiate or promote the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 3959, eff 6-21-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 1691, eff 6-12-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3138, eff 7-25-97]