(a) The secretary is hereby authorized to collect data pertaining to all cancers occurring in Kansas into a registry which shall be the cancer registry for the state of Kansas. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations which use the most efficient, least intrusive means for collecting cancer data consistent with ensuring the quality, timeliness, completeness and confidentiality of the cancer registry. The rules and regulations shall specify who shall report, the data elements to be reported, timeliness of reporting and format for collecting and transmitting data to the registry.

(b) Health care providers, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1,168, and amendments thereto, and other individuals and entities specified in rules and regulations shall report to the registry each case diagnosed or treated unless exempted by statute or regulation within six months of the date of diagnosis.