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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.29A  STATE POISON CENTER.
  1  2    The director shall designate a state poison center, as
  1  3 directed by the general assembly, to provide poison
  1  4 information, telephone management advice and consultation,
  1  5 conduct hazard surveillance to achieve hazard elimination, and
  1  6 provide professional and public education in poison
  1  7 prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and to provide any other
  1  8 services or functions necessary to be classified as a
  1  9 certified poison center.  The poison center shall not
  1 10 subcontract with a poison center outside of the state to
  1 11 provide the necessary services or functions.  The director
  1 12 shall provide the necessary documentation of the state poison
  1 13 center designation to the poison center for certification by
  1 14 the American association of poison control centers or other
  1 15 certifying organization.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  DESIGNATION OF STATE POISON CENTER –
  1 17 APPROPRIATION.  The general assembly designates as the poison
  1 18 center for the state of Iowa the medical center which is
  1 19 operating a poison center on or before July 1, 1998, in the
  1 20 state.  The poison center shall meet all requirements
  1 21 necessary to be certified as a poison center by the American
  1 22 association of poison control centers and shall not
  1 23 subcontract with a poison center outside of the state to
  1 24 provide the required services or functions.  The director of
  1 25 public health shall provide any documentation necessary to the
  1 26 poison center for certification.
  1 27    There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  1 28 the Iowa department of public health for the fiscal year
  1 29 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the
  1 30 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for use
  1 31 by the designated poison control center to provide a poison
  1 32 control hotline, staffing, and other services and functions
  1 33 necessary to meet the requirements of certification:  
  1 34 .................................................. $    400,000 
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill provides for the designation of a statewide
  2  2 poison control center by the director of public health as
  2  3 directed by the general assembly.  The bill provides that the
  2  4 general assembly designates as the state poison center a
  2  5 medical center which is operating a poison center on or before
  2  6 July 1, 1998, in the state.  The bill also provides an
  2  7 appropriation to the Iowa department of public health for use
  2  8 by the designated poison control center to provide a poison
  2  9 control hotline, staffing, and other necessary services and
  2 10 functions to meet the requirements of certification by the
  2 11 American association of poison control centers.  
  2 12 LSB 3716SS 77
  2 13 pf/cf/24
     

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