2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 39 - (3900 - 3908) NEW YORK STATE CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE AND HEALTH
3903 - Purposes of the center.

 
    § 3903. Purposes of the center. In order to more effectively serve the
  health  and  medical  needs  of  the state's agricultural community, the
  center shall:
    1. develop strategies for the provision of comprehensive  occupational
  health services for New York farmers and agricultural workers, including
  but not limited to migrant workers;
    2.   research   and   develop   information  on  the  epidemiology  of
  farm-related occupational illness;
    3. compile resource material relating  to  agricultural  medicine  and
  preventive health care;
    4.  provide  continuing  agricultural  health  and  medical  education
  programs for physicians and other  health  care  personnel  and  service
  providers practicing within the state;
    5.  provide  education  and  other  service  programs  to  farmers and
  agricultural workers on agricultural health and safety issues; and
    6. establish relations with  existing  health  care  and  agricultural
  interest groups to ensure appropriate, targeted delivery of agricultural
  health and safety services and information.