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135A.3 - GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM MODERNIZATION -- LEAD AGENCY.

        135A.3  GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
      MODERNIZATION -- LEAD AGENCY.
         1.  The department is designated as the lead agency in this state
      to administer this chapter.
         2.  The department, in collaboration with the governmental public
      health advisory council and the governmental public health evaluation
      committee, shall coordinate implementation of this chapter including
      but not limited to the voluntary accreditation of designated local
      public health agencies and the department in accordance with the Iowa
      public health standards.  Such implementation shall include
      evaluation of and quality improvement measures for the governmental
      public health system.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2009 Acts, ch 182, §117, 126