North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 46 - LOCAL STANDARDS
Section .0300 - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF
Section 46 .0301 - MINIMUM STANDARD HEALTH DEPARTMENT: STAFFING

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 46 .0301

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

In addition to meeting the requirements in 10A NCAC 48B .0103, to be accredited pursuant to G.S. 130A-34.1, a local health department shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The local health department shall employ a full-time health director, a full-time public health nurse, a full-time registered sanitarian, and a full-time secretary. For this Rule, full-time means the employee is employed to work a standard work week of the local health department. However, the local health department may share a local health director with one or more other local health departments.

(2) All local health department nurses shall either:

(a) Have a nursing degree from a baccalaureate school accredited by the National League for Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education; or

(b) Complete within one year of employment with the health department an introductory course in principles and practices of public health and public health nursing sponsored by the Department. The curriculum for the course shall be developed by the Department with input from local health departments and schools of nursing.

Authority G.S. 130A-5(3); 130A-9; 130A-34.1;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 12 .0101 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2008; September 1, 1990;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 5, 2016.

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