§321-52  Powers, duties, and activities ofthe department. To carry out the purposes of this part, the department ofhealth may:

(1)  Establish and administer a program of servicesfor children with special health needs, which shall provide for developing,extending, and improv­ing services, especially in rural areas, for locatingsuch children, and for providing for medical, surgical, corrective, and otherservices and care, and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, andafter-care; extend and improve any such services; cooperate with medical,health, nursing, and welfare groups and organizations and with any agency ofthe State charged with the administration of laws providing for vocationalrehabili­tation of children with special health needs; and, cooperate with thedepartment of education for the education of such children;

(2)  Formulate and administer a detailed plan for thepurposes specified in paragraph (1) above; and adopt such rules pursuant tochapter 91 as may be necessary or desirable for the administration of the planand of this part.  Any plan shall include provisions for:

(A)  Financial participation by the State inthe funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States under applicablefederal legislation;

(B)  Administration of the plan by thedepartment;

(C)  Such methods of administration (other thanthose relating to selec­tion, tenure of office, and compensation of personnel)as are neces­sary for the efficient operation of the plan;

(D)  Maintenance of records and preparation ofreports of services ren­dered as shall be directed by the Secretary of Healthand Human Services of the United States;

(E)  Carrying out the purposes specified inparagraph (1) above; and

(F)  Cooperation with medical, health, nursing,and welfare groups and organizations and with any agency in the State chargedwith admin­istering state laws providing for vocational rehabilitation ofchildren with special needs;

(3)  Cooperate with the federal government through itsappropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending, and improvingsuch services and receive and expend all funds made available to the departmentby the federal government, the State, or its political subdivisions, or fromany other sources, including private donations, for such purposes; and

(4)  Take all other actions necessary or desirable tocarry out the purposes of this part.  [L 1939, c 179, §3; RL 1945, §2103; RL1955, §46-42; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§18, 19; HRS §321-52; am L 1981, c 71, §1;am L 1984, c 13, §1; am L 1988, c 4, §3]