39-910. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR IN ENFORCING ACT. It shall be the duty of the director of the department of health and welfare:
1. To enforce the provisions of this act.
2. To prescribe what tests shall be made for preventable diseases in addition to the test for phenylketonuria.
3. To publish rules of the board prescribing the time and manner of administering tests required by this act.
4. To furnish copies of this act and the rules promulgated hereunder to physicians, hospitals or other institutions or persons required by this act to have tests administered to newborn infants.
5. To maintain a record of all infants found to have phenylketonuria or other preventable diseases and to supervise local health agencies in the treatment and cure of such infants.
6. To disseminate information and advice to the public concerning the dangers and effects of phenylketonuria and other preventable diseases and their detection and treatment.
History:
[39-910, added 1965, ch. 223, sec. 2, p. 510; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 107, p. 633.]
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