- (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement the Program;
- (2) Provide appropriate training for staff of the Program;
- (3) Identify the appropriate organizations to carry out the Program;
- (4) Base the Program on the most current scientific information and findings;
- (5) Work to increase and improve community-based services available to people with arthritis and their family members;
- (6) Work with governmental offices, national voluntary health organizations and their local chapters, community and business leaders, community organizations, and health care and human service providers to coordinate efforts and maximize State resources in the areas of prevention, education, detection, pain management, and treatment of arthritis; and
- (7) Identify and, when appropriate, use evidence-based arthritis programs and obtain related materials and services from organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of arthritis.
The Secretary shall:
Added as Health-General § 13-510 by Acts 2002, c. 215, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Renumbered as Health-General § 13-505 by Acts 2017, c. 40 § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.