Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of National Registry of Diseases (Cancer Notification) Regulations 2009
Regulation 3
Form, time and manner of notification for cancer
For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, a notification by the manager of a healthcare institution to the Registrar that a person has been diagnosed with or is undergoing treatment for cancer at the healthcare institution shall —
contain, in relation to that patient, the information specified in the First Schedule;
be made in any of the Forms set out in the Second Schedule or at the Registry’s Internet website at http://www.nrdo.gov.sg;
be sent to the Registrar —
by hand (including by courier);
by registered mail; or
by using such secure electronic notification system as may be approved by the Registrar; and
be made within the following time:
where the patient has been diagnosed with cancer through a confirmatory diagnostic test, not later than 3 months after the diagnosis of that cancer was first made; or
where the patient is undergoing treatment for cancer in the healthcare institution, not later than 3 months after the treatment for that cancer commenced.