2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.055 — Home safety programs.

     144.055 Home safety programs. 


    Subdivision 1.    Preventing home accidents; working with 
 local boards.  The state commissioner of health is authorized 
 to develop and conduct by exhibit, demonstration and by health 
 education or public health engineering activity, or by any other 
 means or methods which the commissioner may determine to be 
 suitable and practicable for the purpose, a program in home 
 safety designed to prevent accidents and fatalities resulting 
 therefrom.  The commissioner shall cooperate with boards of 
 health as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 2, the 
 Minnesota Safety Council, and other interested voluntary groups 
 in its conduct of such programs. 


    Subd. 2.    Sharing equipment and staff.  For the 
 purpose of assisting boards of health to develop community home 
 safety programs and to conduct such surveys of safety hazards in 
 municipalities and counties, the commissioner may loan or 
 furnish exhibit, demonstration, and educational materials, and 
 may assign personnel for a limited period to such boards of 
 health. 


    HIST: 1957 c 290 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1987 c 309 s 24