PART II. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

 

§321-31  Functions of the department. The powers, duties, and functions of the department of health relating topreventive medicine shall be as follows:

(1)  To supervise and coordinate activities in thefields of preventive medicine, including cancer control, crippled children,epidemiology, geriatrics, laboratories, maternal and child health, mentalhygiene, nutrition, and communicable diseases;

(2)  To formulate and put into effect throughout theState educational programs for the purposes of preventing and reducing diseaseand disability;

(3)  To engage in the collection and analysis ofstatistical information pertinent to any of its activities;

(4)  To cooperate with and propose methods andprograms to other governmental agencies relating to the fields of preventivemedicine;

(5)  To serve as the coordinating agency for programswhich provide for a range of child abuse and neglect prevention services inrelation to assessed needs, regardless of whether the programs are conducted bythe department, other government agencies, or private organizations and tocoordinate the prevention programs with child abuse and neglect treatmentservices; provided that this paragraph shall not be interpreted to compel aspecified level of services; and

(6)  To perform such other appropriate functions asmay be required. [L 1951, c 42, pt of §1; RL 1955, §46-29; am L Sp 1959 2d, c1, §19; HRS §321-31; am L 1984, c 212, §3; am L 1990, c 143, §2]

 

Cross References

 

  Safe place for newborns, see chapter 587D.

  Shaken baby syndrome statistics, report to legislature(2009).  L 2007, c 216, §3.