North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH
Subchapter F - PESTICIDE-RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURY SURVEILLANCE
Section .0100 - PHYSICIAN REPORTING OF PESTICIDE-RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURY
Section 41F .0101 - GENERAL: DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 41F .0101
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) In order to identify, prevent and control health hazards pursuant to G.S. 130A-5(2), the rules of this Subchapter establish standards for reporting pesticide-related illnesses or injuries that are named in this subchapter and are hereby considered harmful to the public's health.
(b) The following definitions apply throughout this section:
(1) "Acute pesticide-related illness or
injury" means any confirmed or suspected case of systemic, ophthalmologic or
dermatologic illness or injury resulting from inhalation, ingestion, dermal
exposure or ocular contact with a pesticide, where symptoms occur within eight
hours of exposure.
(2) "Pesticide"
means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, and any substance or mixture of
substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.
Pesticides include but are not limited to insecticides, fungicides, herbicides,
defoliants, desiccants, plant growth regulators, nematicides, and
rodenticides.
Authority
G.S.
130A-5(2);
Eff.
April 1, 2006;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
2018.
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