Iowa § 262.78 Center for agricultural safety and health

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§ 262.78 — Center for agricultural safety and health

Iowa § 262.78

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 262BOARD OF REGENTS

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Iowa Code § 262.78 (2026).

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1.The board of regents shall establish a center for agricultural safety and health at the state university of Iowa. The center shall be a joint venture by the state 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 state 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 department of health and human services pursuant to section

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1. The board of regents shall establish a center for agricultural safety and health at the
state university of Iowa. The center shall be a joint venture by the state 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 state 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 department of health and human services pursuant
to 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 state 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 department of health and human services pursuant to section 135.107. 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.