§ 42-18-1. Department established — Powers. There shall be a department of health. The head of the department shall be the director of health, who shall carry out, except as otherwise provided by this title, the provisions of chapters 10, 19, 27, 29 — 31, inclusive, and 33 — 37, inclusive, of title 5; chapters […]
§ 42-18-2. Milk inspection powers. The department of health and director of health shall enforce the provisions of chapter 2 of title 21, relating to milk; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall infringe upon the powers and duties of the department of environmental management relating to the inspection of cattle, milk herds, […]
§ 42-18-3. Additional transfer of functions from former department of social welfare. There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of health: (1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare which were administered through or with respect to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons (title 40); (2) All […]
§ 42-18-4. Cooperation with the department of environmental management. (a) The director of the department of health shall cooperate with the department of environmental management and shall make available to the department of environmental management such testing and laboratory facilities and such technical personnel as are within the jurisdiction of the department of health as […]
§ 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health. (a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of health that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, employees, agencies, […]
§ 42-18-6. Repealed.
§ 42-18-7. Transfer of functions from the department of human services. There is hereby transferred to the department of health those functions and resources formerly administered by the department of human services relating to the administration and management of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) authorized by § 23-13-17. History […]
§ 42-18-8. Cooperation with the department of corrections. The director of the department of health shall coordinate and cooperate with the director of the department of corrections to ensure collaboration around existing department of health programs and initiatives, with regard to people under the care of the department of corrections, on probation, during incarceration, and […]
