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        36.3  DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
         The department shall:
         1.  Provide the forms for the reports required in section 36.2.
      The report form shall require the doctor to provide all of the
      following:
         a.  Symptoms of the veteran which may be related to exposure
      to chemicals.
         b.  Diagnosis of the veteran.
         c.  Methods of treatment prescribed.
         2.  Annually compile and evaluate the information submitted in the
      reports pursuant to subsection 1, in consultation and cooperation
      with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the department.
      The department shall submit the report to the governor, the general
      assembly, and the United States department of veterans affairs.  The
      report shall include current research data on the effects of exposure
      to chemicals, statistical information received from individual
      physicians' reports, and statistical information from the
      epidemiological investigations pursuant to subsection 3.
         3.  Conduct epidemiological investigations of veterans who have
      cancer or other medical problems or who have children born with birth
      defects associated with exposure to chemicals, in consultation and
      cooperation with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the
      department.  The department shall obtain consent from a veteran
      before conducting the investigations.  The department shall cooperate
      with local and state agencies during the course of an investigation.

Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 141, § 3
         CS83, § 139A.3
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1714; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 15
         C93, § 36.3
         2005 Acts, ch 115, §23, 40; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §14; 2009 Acts, ch
      26, §7
         Referred to in § 36.2, 36.4

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        36.3  DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
         The department shall:
         1.  Provide the forms for the reports required in section 36.2.
      The report form shall require the doctor to provide all of the
      following:
         a.  Symptoms of the veteran which may be related to exposure
      to chemicals.
         b.  Diagnosis of the veteran.
         c.  Methods of treatment prescribed.
         2.  Annually compile and evaluate the information submitted in the
      reports pursuant to subsection 1, in consultation and cooperation
      with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the department.
      The department shall submit the report to the governor, the general
      assembly, and the United States department of veterans affairs.  The
      report shall include current research data on the effects of exposure
      to chemicals, statistical information received from individual
      physicians' reports, and statistical information from the
      epidemiological investigations pursuant to subsection 3.
         3.  Conduct epidemiological investigations of veterans who have
      cancer or other medical problems or who have children born with birth
      defects associated with exposure to chemicals, in consultation and
      cooperation with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the
      department.  The department shall obtain consent from a veteran
      before conducting the investigations.  The department shall cooperate
      with local and state agencies during the course of an investigation.

Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 141, § 3
         CS83, § 139A.3
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1714; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 15
         C93, § 36.3
         2005 Acts, ch 115, §23, 40; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §14; 2009 Acts, ch
      26, §7
         Referred to in § 36.2, 36.4

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        36.3  DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
         The department shall:
         1.  Provide the forms for the reports required in section 36.2.
      The report form shall require the doctor to provide all of the
      following:
         a.  Symptoms of the veteran which may be related to exposure
      to chemicals.
         b.  Diagnosis of the veteran.
         c.  Methods of treatment prescribed.
         2.  Annually compile and evaluate the information submitted in the
      reports pursuant to subsection 1, in consultation and cooperation
      with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the department.
      The department shall submit the report to the governor, the general
      assembly, and the United States department of veterans affairs.  The
      report shall include current research data on the effects of exposure
      to chemicals, statistical information received from individual
      physicians' reports, and statistical information from the
      epidemiological investigations pursuant to subsection 3.
         3.  Conduct epidemiological investigations of veterans who have
      cancer or other medical problems or who have children born with birth
      defects associated with exposure to chemicals, in consultation and
      cooperation with a certified medical toxicologist selected by the
      department.  The department shall obtain consent from a veteran
      before conducting the investigations.  The department shall cooperate
      with local and state agencies during the course of an investigation.

Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 141, § 3
         CS83, § 139A.3
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1714; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 15
         C93, § 36.3
         2005 Acts, ch 115, §23, 40; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §14; 2009 Acts, ch
      26, §7
         Referred to in § 36.2, 36.4