Office of the Ministry of Health and Education

Section One - Kodiak Education Board

1.1 Establishes the Kodiak Education Board, headquartered in Rykkburgh with satellites in all major provinces, under the authority of the Ministry of Education. 1.2 - The board is responsible for the oversight of funding arrangements, school quality standards, curriculum guidance,  and overseeing education licensing for private schools. 1.3 - The board is responsible for coordinating with major provinces to ensure that all eligible students are legally enrolled in a school.

Section Two - Kodiak Industrial and Science Research Agency

2.1 The Kodiak Industrial and Science Research Agency (KISRA) shall be established in the capital city of Rykkburgh. 2.2 - KISRA shall be responsible for coordinating research standards and policy between private and public entities within the Kodiak Republic.

Section Three - Public Health Service

3.1 The Public Health Service (PHS), under the authority of the Minister of Health and Education, shall be established.

3.2 The PHS shall be administered by a Director of the PHS.

3.3 The PHS shall be tasked with the enforcement of all public health standards and all health-related statues under Title 2 of the Kodiak Law Code.

Section Four - Board of Medical Insurance

4.1 The Ministry of Health and Education will establish the Board of Medical Insurance, which shall be staffed by doctors and other medical professionals.

4.2 The Board of Medical Insurance shall be empowered to review requests by any insurance company to deny or provide partial coverage for any medical insurance claim made. The Board of Medical Insurance is empowered to approve or deny these requests.

4.3 The Board of Medical Insurance shall be empowered to levy fines against insurance companies for non-compliance with or violation of any of the statues within this act, any act enforcing requirements on insurance companies, or any regulations passed by the Board of Medical Insurance.

Section Five - Kodiak Registry of Organ Donors

5.1 The Kodiak Registry of Organ Donors (KROD) is established under the Ministry of Health.

5.2 The Registry's purpose is to maintain a list of all citizens willing to donate organs, either before or after death.

5,3 - While alive, only a lobe of the liver, a kidney, a lobe of the lung, and bone marrow can be donated. All other donations must be postmortem.

5.4 - The Registry is opt-in only. Written consent is required to register.

5.5 - The Registry is required to create a convenient and available way for citizens to register as organ donors.

5.6 - The Registry may not deny citizens the right to donate their organs unless there is a legitimate medical contraindication or the citizen cannot legally give consent.

5.7 - Donors may voluntarily withdraw from the Registry at any time, requiring verbal consent.

Section Six - Food, Occupational Health, and Safety Administration

6.1 Establishes the Food, Occupational Health, and Safety Administration (FOHSA), headquartered in Rykkburgh with satellites in all major provinces.

6.2 - Accurate nutrition information labels are required to be placed on all ingestible products for sale in Kodiak that are produced or manufactured in Kodiak, or imported. FOHSA shall be charged with ensuring compliance.

6.3 - The FOHSA shall be charged with overseeing the administration of healthy, and free or reduced, school lunches throughout the nation as per the Ministry of Education Budget of ₣300,000,000 per quarter in the Nutritional Standards for School Meals Act, 649.

6.4 - The FOHSA shall be charged with ensuring the safety and minimum nutritional standards of food throughout the nation.

6.5 - The FOHSA shall be charged with issuing Food, and Occupational Health, and Safety Regulations that must be followed throughout the nation.

Section Seven - National Committee for Stem Cell Research

7.1 The National Committee for Stem Cell Research (NaSCRL) is established under KISRA.

7.2 - The Committee’s purpose is to provide grants to Kodiak researchers currently developing stem cell technology.