§321-62  General duties of department. The department of health shall study and appraise the State's dental healthneeds and resources, and shall foster the development and expansion of dentalhealth services to the people of the State.  The department may:

(1)  Conduct research, investigations, experiments,demonstrations, and studies relating to the incidence, causes, diagnosis,treatment, and prevention of dental diseases;

(2)  Supervise, provide, and direct clinical dentalhealth services for adults and children in the State;

(3)  Develop and conduct a program of dental healtheducation of the public;

(4)  Provide information and education relating todental health to public health nurses, teachers, social workers, and others whodeal in a professional capacity with the public, through publications,seminars, institutes, and other appropriate means; and

(5)  Provide training for professional personnel tostaff state and local dental health programs. [L 1949, c 208, §5; RL 1955,§46-53; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §321-62; am L 1992, c 70, §5]