(a)The Department shall review a Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation submitted under § 13-1008(d) of this subtitle and determine whether:
(1)The Plan addresses the goals and requirements established for the county under § 13-1007 of this subtitle;
(2)The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the different populations in the county, including targeted minority populations, as identified in the Baseline Tobacco Study and biennial tobacco studies;
(3)The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding best practices for a comprehensive tobacco control program or states a reason for not meeting this r
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(a) The Department shall review a Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation submitted under § 13-1008(d) of this subtitle and determine whether:
(1) The Plan addresses the goals and requirements established for the county under § 13-1007 of this subtitle;
(2) The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the different populations in the county, including targeted minority populations, as identified in the Baseline Tobacco Study and biennial tobacco studies;
(3) The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding best practices for a comprehensive tobacco control program or states a reason for not meeting this requirement and identifies other resources that, taken together, meet this requirement; and
(4) The local health officer has complied with the other requirements of §§ 13-1007 through 13-1011 of this subtitle.
(b) The Department may not distribute a county’s share of money for a Local Public Health Tobacco Grant, as provided under § 13-1007 of this subtitle, if the Department determines that the requirements of subsection (a) of this section have not been met.