Iowa Code 142A.5 – Director and administrator duties
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1. The director shall do all of the following:
a. Establish and maintain the division of tobacco use prevention and control.
b. Employ a separate division administrator, in accordance with the requirements of section 142A.4, subsection 14, in a full-time equivalent position whose sole responsibility and duty shall be the administration and oversight of the division. The division administrator shall report to and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The administrator shall be exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
c. Coordinate all tobacco use prevention and control programs and activities under the purview of the department.
d. Receive and review budget recommendations from the commission. The director shall consider these recommendations in developing the budget request for the department.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 142A.5
- Administrator: means the administrator of the division of tobacco use prevention and control. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- Commission: means the commission on tobacco use prevention and control established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- Director: means the director of public health. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- Division: means the division of tobacco use prevention and control of the Iowa department of public health, established pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Initiative: means the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
- Tobacco: means both cigarettes and tobacco products as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 142A.2
2. The administrator shall do all of the following:
a. Implement the initiative, coordinate the activities of the commission and the initiative, and coordinate other tobacco use prevention and control activities as assigned by the director.
b. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of performance measures.
c. Provide staff and administrative support to the commission.
d. Administer contracts entered into under this chapter.
e. Coordinate and cooperate with other tobacco use prevention and control programs within and outside of the state.
f. Provide necessary information to the commission to assist the commission in making its annual report to the joint appropriations subcommittee pursuant to section 142A.4, subsection 13, and in fulfilling other commission duties pursuant to section 142A.4.