Section 2400. Cancer; powers and duties of commissioner

The commissioner
  shall  conduct  investigations  of  the  cause,  mortality,  methods  of
  treatment, prevention and cure of cancer, and allied diseases, including
  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  facilities  available  in the several
  counties and cities of the state, for the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of
  these  diseases,  and  shall  cooperate  with  local health authorities,
  physicians,  hospitals,  clinics  and  voluntary  associations,  in  the
  development  of  suitable  facilities  for  the diagnosis, treatment and
  control of cancer.