Section 2500. Maternal and child health; duties of commissioner

1. The
  commissioner shall act in  an  advisory  and  supervisory  capacity,  in
  matters  pertaining to the safeguarding of motherhood, the prevention of
  maternal, perinatal, infant  and  child  mortality,  the  prevention  of
  diseases,  low  birth weight, and defects of childhood and the promotion
  of maternal, prenatal and child health, including care in hospitals, and
  shall administer such services bearing on  the  health  of  mothers  and
  children for which funds are or shall hereafter be made available.
    2.  The  commissioner  shall establish minimum standards in accordance
  with established and accepted medical principles for local maternal  and
  child  health  services administered by or under the general supervision
  of the commissioner.
    3.  In  conjunction  with  the   state   department   having   general
  supervision,  the  commissioner  may  make  or  may  cause  to  be  made
  investigation of the conditions affecting  the  health  of  children  in
  institutions  for  day  care  or  domiciliary care. If he shall find any
  conditions detrimental to health in such institutions, he shall make and
  report recommendations thereon to the appropriate state department.
    4. The commissioner  shall  cooperate  with  other  state  departments
  having  jurisdiction  over  matters  affecting the health of mothers and
  children, to the end that existing activities  may  be  coordinated  and
  duplication  of  effort  avoided.  He shall cooperate with and stimulate
  local agencies, public and  private,  in  promoting  such  measures  and
  undertakings  as  may  be  designed  to  accomplish the purposes of this
  section.