262.78 Center for agricultural health and safety.
1. The board of regents shall establish a center for agricultural health and safety at the university of Iowa. The center shall be a joint venture by the university of Iowa and Iowa state university of science and technology. The center shall establish farm health and safety programs designed to reduce the incidence of disabilities suffered by persons engaged in agriculture which results from disease or injury. The university of Iowa is primarily responsible for the management of agricultural health and injury programs at the center. Iowa state university of science and technology is primarily responsible for the management of the agricultural safety programs of the center.
2. The center shall cooperate with the center for rural health and primary care, established under section 135.107, the center for health effects of environmental contamination established pursuant to section 263.17, and the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The agencies shall coordinate programs to the extent practicable.
3. The president of the university of Iowa, in consultation with the president of Iowa state university of science and technology, shall employ a full-time director of the center. The center may employ staff to carry out the center’s purpose. The director shall coordinate the agricultural health and safety programs of the center. The director shall regularly meet and consult with the center for rural health and primary care. The director shall provide the board of regents with relevant information regarding the center.
4. The center may solicit, accept, and administer moneys contributed to the center by any source, and may enter into contracts with public or private agencies in order to carry out its purposes.
5. The center shall cooperate with public and private entities to provide support to programs emphasizing agricultural health, safety, and rehabilitation for farm families.
90 Acts, ch 1207, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §155; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §71
Referred to in §135.107, 263.17
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 262 - BOARD OF REGENTS
Section 262.2 - Appointment — term of office.
Section 262.7 - Institutions governed.
Section 262.9 - Powers and duties.
Section 262.9A - Prohibition of controlled substances.
Section 262.9B - Cooperative purchasing.
Section 262.9C - Span of control policy.
Section 262.10 - Purchases — prohibitions.
Section 262.11 - Record — acts affecting property.
Section 262.12 - Committees and administrative offices under board.
Section 262.13 - Peace officers at institutions.
Section 262.14 - Loans — conditions — other investments.
Section 262.15 - Foreclosures and collections.
Section 262.16 - Satisfaction of mortgages.
Section 262.17 - Bidding in property.
Section 262.18 - Deeds in trust.
Section 262.19 - Actions not barred.
Section 262.20 - Business offices — visitation.
Section 262.21 - Annuity contracts.
Section 262.22 - Director’s report.
Section 262.23 - Duties of treasurer.
Section 262.24 - Reports of executive officers.
Section 262.25 - Reports of secretarial officers.
Section 262.25A - Purchase of automobiles.
Section 262.25B - Purchase of biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants.
Section 262.25C - Purchase of designated biobased products.
Section 262.26 - Report of board.
Section 262.27 - Colonel of cadets — governor’s award.
Section 262.28 - Appropriations — monthly installments.
Section 262.29 - Expenses — filing and audit.
Section 262.30 - Contracts for practitioner preparation.
Section 262.32 - Contract — time limit.
Section 262.33 - Fire protection contracts.
Section 262.33A - Fire and environmental safety — report — expenditures.
Section 262.34 - Improvements — advertisement for bids — disclosures — payments.
Section 262.34A - Bid requests and targeted small business procurement.
Section 262.34B - Student fee committee.
Section 262.35 - Dormitories at state educational institutions.
Section 262.36 - Purchase or condemnation of property.
Section 262.37 - Title to property.
Section 262.38 - Borrowing money and mortgaging property.
Section 262.39 - Nature of obligation — discharge.
Section 262.40 - Limitation on discharging obligations.
Section 262.41 - Exemption from taxation.
Section 262.42 - Limitation on funds.
Section 262.43 - Students residing on state-owned land.
Section 262.44 - Areas set aside for improvement.
Section 262.45 - Purchase or condemnation of real estate.
Section 262.46 - Title in name of state.
Section 262.47 - Fees and charges from students.
Section 262.48 - Borrowing money and pledge of revenue.
Section 262.49 - No obligation against state.
Section 262.50 - Prohibited use of funds.
Section 262.51 - Tax exemption.
Section 262.52 - No state funds loaned.
Section 262.53 - Construction of statutes.
Section 262.54 - Computer sales.
Section 262.56 - Authorization — contracts — title.
Section 262.57 - Bonds or notes.
Section 262.58 - Rates and terms of bonds or notes.
Section 262.60 - Rates, fees and rentals — pledge.
Section 262.62 - No obligation against state.
Section 262.63 - Who may invest.
Section 262.64 - Federal or other aid accepted.
Section 262.64A - Reports to general assembly.
Section 262.65 - Alternative method.
Section 262.66 - Prior action legalized.
Section 262.67 - Approval of executive council.
Section 262.68 - Speed limit on institutional grounds.
Section 262.69 - Traffic control and parking.
Section 262.71 - Center for early development education.
Section 262.75 - Incentives for cooperating teachers.
Section 262.78 - Center for agricultural health and safety.
Section 262.81 - Legislative intent.
Section 262.82 - Regents’ minority and women educators enhancement program.
Section 262.91 - Legislative intent.
Section 262.92 - College-bound program.
Section 262.93 - Reports to general assembly.
Section 262.94 - College readiness and awareness programs.
Section 262.100 - Innovative school calendar pilot program — school for the deaf.