British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Information Regulation

B.C. Reg. 286/91
M241/91

Deposited September 30, 1991

This consolidation is current to October 7, 2025.
See the Cumulative B.C. Regulations Bulletin 2025
for amendments effective after October 7, 2025.

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Medical Research (BC Cancer Agency) and Health Status Registry Act

British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Information Regulation

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 215/2018, November 15, 2018]

Contents
	1	Interpretation
	2	Information requests
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3

Interpretation

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Medical Research (BC Cancer Agency) and Health Status Registry Act;

"information" means information or classes of information relevant to medical research into the prevention, causes, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of cancer or its precursor lesions and includes records containing that information.

[am. B.C. Reg. 215/2018, ss. (a) and (b).]

Information requests

2 Information that may be requested by the BC Cancer Agency under section 2 (1) of the Act is limited to information listed in Appendices 1 to 3.

[am. B.C. Reg. 215/2018, s. (c).]

Appendix 1

Personal Identification Information

1 Personal identifiers

(a) name;

(b) sex;

(d) marital status;

(e) residence information.

2 Family identifiers

(a) spouse's name.

3 Health identifiers

(a) health insurance number;

(b) personal health number.

Appendix 2

Medical Information

1 Records from medical laboratories, imaging services, hospitals and other health facilities and physicians.

2 Mortality and morbidity data including autopsy reports.

Appendix 3

Factors Which Influence the Occurrence of
Cancer in Human Populations

1 Intrinsic host factors

(a) ethnicity;

(b) medical history.

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Medical Research (BC Cancer Agency) and Health Status Registry Act, R.S.B.C. 2018, c. 1, section 2 (3)]