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Health Act 1956

National Cervical Screening Programme - Duties to provide information to women and to NCSP

112M: Duty of persons performing colposcopic procedure

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"People doing colposcopic procedures must explain what they do and share important information with you."

When you have a colposcopic procedure, the person doing it must explain what they are doing. They must also tell you about the National Cervical Screening Programme, why screening tests are important, and who can see your information. If they think you are not part of the programme, they must tell you that you will be added, but you can choose not to be by notifying the programme manager under section 112G.

They must send a report about your procedure to the programme manager. You do not have to pay for this report. The report must have the information the Director-General says it must have, and it must be sent in the way the Director-General says.

The person doing the procedure must follow these rules to make sure you have the information you need.

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Part 4ANational Cervical Screening Programme
Duties to provide information to women and to NCSP

112MDuty of persons performing colposcopic procedure

  1. Every person who performs a colposcopic procedure on a woman must—

  2. explain the procedure to the woman; and
    1. provide information, to the extent that is reasonable in the circumstances, about the objectives of the NCSP and the NCSP register, the importance of having regular screening tests, who has access to information on the NCSP register, and the uses to which that information may be put; and
      1. if he or she believes that the woman is not enrolled in the NCSP, advise her that she will be enrolled but that she may prevent or cancel that enrolment by notifying the NCSP manager under section 112G; and
        1. cause a report in relation to that colposcopic procedure to be forwarded to the NCSP manager.

          1. A report under subsection (1)(d) must—

          2. be provided free of charge; and
            1. contain the information specified by the Director-General; and
              1. be provided in the manner and form specified by the Director-General.

                Notes
                • Section 112M: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 3).