Article 56 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
- Section 75-5601 - Secretary of health and environment; appointment and confirmation; creation of department of health and environment; department subject to K-GOAL
- Section 75-5602 - Transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of rules and regulations, orders and directives
- Section 75-5603 - Division of public health, establishment and administration; director of the division of public health, qualifications, appointment, compensation
- Section 75-5604 - Powers, duties and functions of existing divisions and directors transferred to new secretary; orders and directives continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed
- Section 75-5605 - Division of environment established; administration of division; director of the division of environment, appointment and compensation; appointment of classified employee as director, effect
- Section 75-5606 - Powers, duties and functions of existing division and director of environmental health and engineer of state board of health transferred to new secretary of health and environment; orders and directives of previous director and engineer continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed
- Section 75-5607 - [Repealed]
- Section 75-5608 - Office of laboratory services established; powers, duties and functions; rules and regulations; fees
- Section 75-5608a - Office of laboratory services operating fund created; expenditures from fund; interest earnings
- Section 75-5609 - Powers, duties and functions of existing division and director of laboratories transferred to new head of office of laboratory services; orders and directives of previous director in effect until revised, amended or repealed
- Section 75-5609a - Office of laboratory services; criminal history record check; fingerprinting
- Section 75-5610 - Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified and unclassified service
- Section 75-5610a - Employees in health officer II class placed in unclassified service
- Section 75-5611 - Appointment of chief attorney, public information officer, personal secretary and special assistant, compensation; other attorneys and staff assistants, classified service
- Section 75-5612 - Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings
- Section 75-5613 - Certain officers and employees serving on July 1, 1974, transferred to new department; civil service and retirement benefits preserved
- Section 75-5616 - Advisory committees; creation and compensation
- Section 75-5617 - Disposition of property of agency where functions divided and transferred; determination by governor
- Section 75-5618 - Conflicts as to disposition of powers, functions, duties or funds of agency dissolved or transferred; resolved by governor
- Section 75-5619 - Secretary may organize department; duties of division heads and staff assistants; delegation of authority; duties and powers of personnel of divisions
- Section 75-5620 - Report by secretary; persons receiving
- Section 75-5621 - Existing department, board, divisions and offices of directors abolished; functions transferred
- Section 75-5622 - Air quality conservation commission, solid waste advisory council, water well contractors advisory council and certain existing committees abolished
- Section 75-5623 - Custody of records, memoranda and writings
- Section 75-5624 - Seal of secretary
- Section 75-5625 - Secretary to adopt all general policies and rules and regulations
- Section 75-5626 - Food service and lodging board abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred to secretary of health and environment; rules and regulations, orders and directives of board continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed
- Section 75-5627 - Certain officers and employees of board transferred to department of health and environment; civil service and retirement benefits preserved
- Section 75-5628 - Conflicts resulting from abolishment or transfers made by this act; determination by governor; transfer of property and records
- Section 75-5637 - Crippled children's commission abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred
- Section 75-5638 - Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of health and environment; preservation of rules and regulations, orders and directives
- Section 75-5639 - Same; transfer of appropriations and moneys received from private persons or organizations
- Section 75-5640 - Same; rights saved in legal actions and proceedings
- Section 75-5641 - Same; transfer of officers and employees to department; civil service and retirement benefits preserved
- Section 75-5642 - Same; conflicts as to disposition of any power, duty, function, appropriation, money, property or records resolved by governor
- Section 75-5643 - Advisory commission for children with special health care needs; composition; appointment; vacancies; compensation
- Section 75-5644 - Duties of advisory commission; meetings; clerical services
- Section 75-5645 - Compensation of officers and employees of abolished agencies; liability assumed by department of health and environment
- Section 75-5646 - References to crippled and chronically ill children's program apply to services for children with special health care needs
- Section 75-5647 - References to advisory commission for crippled and chronically ill children apply to the advisory commission for children with special health care needs
- Section 75-5648 - Infants and toddlers with disabilities; definitions
- Section 75-5649 - Same; early intervention services; rules and regulations; duties of secretary of health and environment
- Section 75-5657 - Environmental protection grant program; contracts; plans, approval; rules and regulations
- Section 75-5660 - Driving under the influence fund; disposition of moneys
- Section 75-5661 - Management of mammal exposed to rabies
- Section 75-5662 - Publication of certain documents required; fee
- Section 75-5663 - Definitions
- Section 75-5664 - Advisory committee on trauma; members; appointment; meetings; privileged information; expenses
- Section 75-5664a - [Repealed]
- Section 75-5665 - Statewide trauma system plan, development; duties of secretary; establishment of regional councils; trauma registry; standardized reports; budgeting; contracts; meetings; privileged information
- Section 75-5665a - [Repealed]
- Section 75-5666 - Trauma registry, development; data collection, immunity from liability for entities reporting, confidentiality of information
- Section 75-5667 - Disclosure statement for trauma patient
- Section 75-5668 - Right to choose provider and care not limited
- Section 75-5669 - Consistency with federal law
- Section 75-5670 - Trauma fund established
- Section 75-5671 - Remediation trust fund
- Section 75-5672 - Natural resources damages trust fund
- Section 75-5673 - Atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network; dissemination of data and analysis reports
- Section 75-5674 - Establishment and maintenance; authority
- Section 75-5675 - Duties of certain agencies