North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH
Subchapter C - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Section .0700 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
Section 41C .0702 - REPORTABLE DISEASES, ILLNESSES, AND INJURIES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 41C .0702

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The following named diseases, illnesses, and injuries are declared to be dangerous to the public health and shall be reported by a physician within the time period specified after the disease, illness, and injury is diagnosed:

(1) asbestosis - 15 business days;

(2) silicosis - 15 business days;

(3) elevated blood lead levels for persons aged 16 years of age and above - 15 business days;

(4) injuries caused by tractors, farm equipment, or farm machinery that occur while working on a farm and require medical care - 15 business days;

(5) carbon monoxide poisoning - 15 business days.

(b) All laboratories providing diagnostic service in North Carolina shall report to the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch within the Division of Public Health elevated blood lead levels for persons aged 16 years of age and above.

(c) Physicians shall not be required to report elevated blood lead levels for persons aged 16 years of age and above when a laboratory providing diagnostic service in North Carolina reports elevated blood lead levels.

(d) Non-elevated blood lead levels shall be reported in same manner as elevated blood lead levels under Subparagraph (a)(3) for surveillance purposes.

Authority G.S. 130A-29(b); 130A-455; 130A-456; 130A-457; 130A-458;
Eff. January 4, 1994;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2016;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 16, 2019;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2020.

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