The commissioner is authorized to appoint a diabetes coordinator within the department to coordinate with other state departments and agencies to ensure that all programs that impact the prevention and treatment of diabetes are coordinated, that duplication of efforts is minimized, and that the impact of such programs is maximized in an attempt to reduce the health consequences and complications of diabetes in Georgia. The department shall serve as the central repository for this state's departments and agencies for data related to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
(Code 1981, §31-2-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-1/HB 228; Code 1981, §31-2A-13, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-2/HB 214.)
Cross references.- Training school employees in caring for students with diabetes, § 20-2-779.
Law reviews.- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).