The Commissioner shall establish, organize, and conduct a statewide cancer control program and may organize and conduct tumor clinics or cooperate with and subsidize hospital or locally organized tumor clinics in such parts of the State as the Commissioner may deem most advantageous for the public health. In so far as is practicable, the Commissioner shall conduct a professional and lay educational program in regard to the early diagnosis, care, and cure of cancer.
18 V.S.A. § 201