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