Effective September 15th , 2007, all new abstractors in the State of Florida, regardless of their CTR credentials, will be required to submit to FCDS twenty-five paper abstracts (or printed copies of the vendor abstracts) for review and approval to obtain a Florida Cancer Data System Cancer Abstractor Code. The twenty-five records must be from a variety of primary sites. Corrections will be made on the abstracts themselves giving specific information as to what the errors are and how they can be avoided. Suggestions will be made offering information regarding educational resources available to assist the abstractors with developing their skills and enhancing their abilities. This cycle will be allowed to be repeated only twice in a row. If the FCDS QC staff deems that the abstractor is not competent to abstract in the State of Florida after the second attempt, the abstractor must wait three months before submitting another twenty-five paper abstracts for review. Approved abstractors will be eligible to obtain a Florida Cancer Data System Cancer Abstractor Code.
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