135.15 - ORAL HEALTH BUREAU ESTABLISHED -- RESPONSIBILITIES.

        135.15  ORAL HEALTH BUREAU ESTABLISHED --
      RESPONSIBILITIES.
         An oral health bureau is established within the division of health
      promotion and chronic disease prevention of the department.  The
      bureau shall be responsible for all of the following:
         1.  Providing population-based oral health services, including
      public health training, improvement of dental support systems for
      families, technical assistance, awareness-building activities, and
      educational services, at the state and local level to assist Iowans
      in maintaining optimal oral health throughout all stages of life.
         2.  Performing infrastructure building and enabling services
      through the administration of state and federal grant programs
      targeting access improvement, prevention, and local oral health
      programs utilizing maternal and child health programs, Medicaid, and
      other new or existing programs.
         3.  Leveraging federal, state, and local resources for programs
      under the purview of the bureau.
         4.  Facilitating ongoing strategic planning and application of
      evidence-based research in oral health care policy development that
      improves oral health care access and the overall oral health of all
      Iowans.
         5.  Developing and implementing an ongoing oral health
      surveillance system for the evaluation and monitoring of the oral
      health status of children and other underserved populations.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2007 Acts, ch 159, §14
         Referred to in § 135.159