HRS §321-62
State dental health duties and programs
The Department of Health must study Hawaii's dental needs and help expand dental services. It may run research, clinics, education, and training programs. This section lists what the department can do, not what individuals must do.
state agencies
The statute, as written — General duties of department
The department of health shall study and appraise the State's dental health needs and resources, and shall foster the development and expansion of dental health services to the people of the State. The department may: (1) Conduct research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the incidence, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of dental diseases; (2) Supervise, provide, and direct clinical dental health services for adults and children in the State; (3) Develop and conduct a program of dental health education of the public; (4) Provide information and education relating to dental health to public health nurses, teachers, social workers, and others who deal in a professional capacity with the public, through publications, seminars, institutes, and other appropriate means; and (5) Provide training for professional personnel to staff state and local dental health programs.
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