Arizona Laws 36-712. Administration by the department
The department shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-712
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-711
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Treatment: means medication or medical therapy prescribed by a licensed physician to cure a person of active tuberculosis. See Arizona Laws 36-711
- Tuberculosis control officer: means a person appointed by the director to be the chief tuberculosis control officer for tuberculosis control in this state and other persons who are designated by the control officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711
1. Own and control all personal property or interest in that property that is devoted and used by the tuberculosis control officer for purposes of this article.
2. Be the official custodian of all files and records that belong to or were kept at the Arizona state sanatorium before the sanatorium was converted to a hospital for children with a physical disability.
3. Be the official state agency to receive for deposit in an appropriate account of the public health fund and administer and expend any funds granted, contributed or made available by the federal government, appropriated by the state or received from other sources for the treatment, prevention or control of tuberculosis. Such funds are subject to Title 35, Chapter 1, Article 4 and periodic review by the joint legislative budget committee.