Part 4ANational Cervical Screening Programme
Operation of NCSP
112FDuties of NCSP manager that relate to enrolled women
As soon as practicable after enrolling a woman in the NCSP, the NCSP manager must—
- notify the woman that she has been enrolled in the NCSP; and
- provide information to the woman about—
- the importance of having regular screening tests; and
- the risks and benefits of participation in the NCSP; and
- who has access to information on the NCSP register, and the uses to which that information may be put; and
- the objectives of the NCSP, including that of continuous quality improvement through evaluation; and
- the possible use by screening programme evaluators of evaluation material relevant to the woman for the purpose of evaluations of the NCSP; and
- the importance of having regular screening tests; and
- advise the woman that she may cancel her enrolment by advising the NCSP manager under section 112G(1).
The NCSP manager must record on the NCSP register every result that is reported to the NCSP manager from a screening test, or from a diagnostic test, if that result relates to a woman who is enrolled in the NCSP.
Notes
- Section 112F: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 3).