There is established, within the Department of Public Health, an Office of Oral Public Health. The director of the Office of Oral Public Health shall be (1) a dental health professional with experience in public health and a license to practice under chapter 379 or 379a, (2) a person who holds the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy from an accredited institution of higher education, or (3) a public health professional with a graduate degree in public health, and shall:
(A) Coordinate and direct state activities with respect to state and national dental public health programs;
(B) Serve as the department's chief advisor on matters involving oral health; and
(C) Plan, implement and evaluate all oral health programs within the department.
(P.A. 07-252, S. 46; P.A. 10-117, S. 59; P.A. 12-197, S. 5; P.A. 18-168, S. 50.)
History: P.A. 07-252 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-117 replaced “an experienced public health dentist licensed” with “a dental health professional with a graduate degree in public health and hold a license” and added “or 379a”; P.A. 12-197 replaced requirement for a graduate degree in public health with requirement for experience in public health and made a technical change; P.A. 18-168 designated existing provisions re dental health professional as new Subdiv. (1), added new Subdiv. (2) re person holding degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy, and added new Subdiv. (3) re public health professional, and redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subparas. (A) to (C).
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