[§321-1.7]  Public health nursing servicesprogram.  (a)  There is established within the department of health apublic health nursing services program.  At the discretion of the director ofhealth, the program may provide services, including but not limited to the following:

(1)  Mobilizing the department's nursing resources andresponding to catastrophic and traumatic emergency events, including naturaldisasters and biologic outbreaks or exposures;

(2)  Responding to communicable disease, epidemic, andother public health disease outbreaks;

(3)  Providing care coordination services to the mostvulnerable populations of special needs infants, toddlers, and children withcomplex medical conditions, including medically fragile children, as well asthe elderly and other populations who have difficulty accessing the health caresystem;

(4)  Collaborating with the department of educationand the Hawaii chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics in providingschool health services to address the medical and health conditions of publicschool students that affect their learning;

(5)  Developing collaborative partnerships withindividuals, families, communities, and providers to improve the health offamilies and communities through the assessment of community health needs, thesetting of priorities, and policy development;

(6)  Collecting and evaluating data to determinefamily and community health needs for nursing and health service deliverychanges to enhance the quality of life for families; and

(7)  Providing other health care related services asdetermined appropriate based on community health needs.

(b)  Provision of services by the public healthnursing services program shall be limited by and subject to the availability offunds. [L 2004, c 173, §2]