135.15 - ORAL HEALTH BUREAU ESTABLISHED -- RESPONSIBILITIES. - Iowa Statutes

135.15 ORAL HEALTH BUREAU ESTABLISHED -- RESPONSIBILITIES. An oral health bureau is established within the division of health promotion and chronic disease prevention of the department. The bureau shall be responsible for all of the following: 1. Providing population-based oral health services, including public health training, improvement of dental support systems for families, technical assistance, awareness-building activities, and educational services, at the state and local level to assist Iowans in maintaining optimal oral health throughout all stages of life. 2. Performing infrastructure building and enabling services through the administration of state and federal grant programs targeting access improvement, prevention, and local oral health programs utilizing maternal and child health programs, Medicaid, and other new or existing programs. 3. Leveraging federal, state, and local resources for programs under the purview of the bureau. 4. Facilitating ongoing strategic planning and application of evidence-based research in oral health care policy development that improves oral health care access and the overall oral health of all Iowans. 5. Developing and implementing an ongoing oral health surveillance system for the evaluation and monitoring of the oral health status of children and other underserved populations.          Section History: Recent Form 2007 Acts, ch 159, §14 Referred to in § 135.159