125.10 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
125.10 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
The director shall:
1. Prepare and submit a state plan subject to approval by the
board and in accordance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 4573. The
state plan shall designate the department as the sole agency for
supervising the administration of the plan.
2. Develop, encourage, and foster statewide, regional and local
plans and programs for the prevention of substance abuse and the
treatment of substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and
intoxicated persons in cooperation with public and private agencies,
organizations and individuals, and provide technical assistance and
consultation services for these purposes.
3. Coordinate the efforts and enlist the assistance of all public
and private agencies, organizations and individuals interested in the
prevention of substance abuse and the treatment of substance abusers,
chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated persons.
4. Cooperate with the department of human services in
establishing and conducting programs to provide treatment for
substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated
persons.
5. Cooperate with the department of education, boards of
education, schools, police departments, courts, and other public and
private agencies, organizations, and individuals in establishing
programs for the prevention of substance abuse and the treatment of
substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated
persons, and in preparing relevant curriculum materials for use at
all levels of school education.
6. Prepare, publish, evaluate and disseminate educational
material dealing with the nature and effects of chemical substances.
7. Develop and implement, as an integral part of treatment
programs, an educational program for use in the treatment of
substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated
persons, which program shall include the dissemination of information
concerning the nature and effects of chemical substances.
8. Organize and implement, in cooperation with local treatment
programs, training programs for all persons engaged in treatment of
substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated
persons.
9. Sponsor and implement research in cooperation with local
treatment programs into the causes and nature of substance abuse and
treatment of substance abusers, chronic substance abusers, and
intoxicated persons, and serve as a clearing house for information
relating to substance abuse.
10. Specify uniform methods for keeping statistical information
by public and private agencies, organizations and individuals, and
collect and make available relevant statistical information,
including number of persons treated, frequency of admission and
readmission, and frequency and duration of treatment.
11. Develop and implement, with the counsel and approval of the
board, the comprehensive plan for treatment of substance abusers,
chronic substance abusers, and intoxicated persons in accordance with
this chapter.
12. Assist in the development of, and cooperate with, substance
abuse education and treatment programs for employees of state and
local governments and businesses and industries in the state.
13. Utilize the support and assistance of interested persons in
the community, particularly recovered substance abusers and chronic
substance abusers, to encourage substance abusers and chronic
substance abusers to voluntarily undergo treatment.
14. Cooperate with the commissioner of public safety in
establishing and conducting programs designed to deal with the
problem of persons operating motor vehicles while intoxicated.
15. Encourage general hospitals and other appropriate health
facilities to admit without discrimination substance abusers, chronic
substance abusers, and intoxicated persons and to provide them with
adequate and appropriate treatment. The director may negotiate and
implement contracts with hospitals and other appropriate health
facilities with adequate detoxification facilities.
16. Encourage all health and disability insurance programs to
include substance abuse as a covered illness.
17. Review all state health, welfare, education and treatment
proposals to be submitted for federal funding under federal
legislation, and advise the governor on provisions to be included
relating to substance abuse, substance abusers, chronic substance
abusers, and intoxicated persons. Section History: Early Form
[C62, 66, § 123A.5; C71, 73, § 123B.17; C75, 77, § 125.10, 224B.5;
C79, 81, § 125.10; 81 Acts, ch 58, § 3] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 90 Acts, ch 1085, § 4; 2005 Acts, ch
175, §64
Referred to in § 125.3, 125.7