North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 48 - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION
Subchapter B - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
Section .0300 - DIAGNOSE AND INVESTIGATE HEALTH PROBLEMS AND HEALTH HAZARDS IN THE COMMUNITY
Section 48B .0303 - BENCHMARK 6

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 48B .0303

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

(a) Benchmark: The local health department shall be able to respond to a public health emergency on a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week basis.

(b) Activities:

(1) The local health department shall be involved in a local emergency planning committee.

(2) The local health department shall have a defined role in the county emergency operations plan to protect the public's health.

(3) The local health department shall participate in regional emergency preparedness exercises and activities.

Authority G.S. 130A-34.1;
Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2006;
Eff. October 1, 2006;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 5, 2016.

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