262.78 - CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
262.78 CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
1. The board of regents shall establish a center for agricultural
health and safety at the university of Iowa. The center shall be a
joint venture by the university of Iowa and Iowa state university of
science and technology. The center shall establish farm health and
safety programs designed to reduce the incidence of disabilities
suffered by persons engaged in agriculture which results from disease
or injury. The university of Iowa is primarily responsible for the
management of agricultural health and injury programs at the center.
Iowa state university of science and technology is primarily
responsible for the management of the agricultural safety programs of
the center.
2. The center shall cooperate with the center for rural health
and primary care, established under section 135.107, the center for
health effects of environmental contamination established pursuant to
section 263.17, and the department of agriculture and land
stewardship. The agencies shall coordinate programs to the extent
practicable.
3. The president of the university of Iowa, in consultation with
the president of Iowa state university of science and technology,
shall employ a full-time director of the center. The center may
employ staff to carry out the center's purpose. The director shall
coordinate the agricultural health and safety programs of the center.
The director shall regularly meet and consult with the advisory
committee to the center for rural health and primary care. The
director shall provide the board of regents with relevant information
regarding the center.
4. The center may solicit, accept, and administer moneys
contributed to the center by any source, and may enter into contracts
with public or private agencies in order to carry out its purposes.
5. The center shall cooperate with public and private entities to
provide support to programs emphasizing agricultural health, safety,
and rehabilitation for farm families. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1207, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §155
Referred to in § 135.107, 263.17