Effective - 28 Aug 1985
192.011. Duties of department — monitoring environmental effects on public health — developing disease prevention plan. — 1. The department shall monitor the adverse health effects of the environment and prepare population risk assessments regarding environmental hazards including but not limited to those relating to water, air, toxic waste, solid waste, sewage disposal and others. The department shall make recommendations to the department of natural resources for improvement of public health as related to the environment.
2. The department of health and senior services shall develop a comprehensive disease prevention plan to expand existing and to develop new programs. Health insurers shall be consulted in an attempt to develop the disease prevention plan so that it will be cost effective in relation to the cost of medical care.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 25 § 2 subsecs. 3, 4)