Section 135A.9. Rules.

  The state board of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this chapter which shall include but are not limited to the following:

  1.  Incorporation of the Iowa public health standards recommended to the department pursuant to section 135A.4, subsection 6.

  2.  A voluntary accreditation process to begin no later than January 2, 2012, for designated local public health agencies and the department.

  3.  Rules relating to the operation of the governmental public health advisory council.

  4.  Rules relating to the operation of the governmental public health system evaluation committee.

  5.  The application and award process for governmental public health system fund moneys.

  6.  Rules relating to data collection for the governmental public health system and the voluntary accreditation program.

  7.  Rules otherwise necessary to implement the chapter.

2009 Acts, ch 182, §123, 126

; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §29