The department shall maintain a dental program including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Development of comprehensive dental health plans within the framework of the State Plan for Health to maximize utilization of all resources.
(b) Provide the consultation necessary to coordinate federal, state, county, and city agency programs concerned with dental health.
(c) Encourage, support, and augment the efforts of city and county health departments in the implementation of a dental health component in their program plans.
(d) Provide evaluation of these programs in terms of preventive services.
(e) Provide consultation and program information to the health professions, health professional educational institutions, and volunteer agencies.
(f) For purposes of this article “State Plan for Health” means that comprehensive state plan for health being developed by the department pursuant to Public Law 89-749 (80 Stat. 1180).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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