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 .0305 - BENCHMARK 8
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 48B .0305
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Benchmark: The local health department shall provide or have access to laboratory capacity capable of providing for rapid detection and containment of communicable disease outbreaks; environmental health hazards; potential biological, chemical and radiological threats.
(b) Activities:
(1) The local health department
shall have written policies and procedures for handling clinical and
environmental laboratory samples.
(2) The local health department laboratory
and external laboratories utilized by the local health department shall comply
with all applicable federal regulations for clinical and environmental
laboratory testing.
(3) The local
health department shall provide or have access to laboratory services capable
of meeting routine diagnostic and surveillance needs.
(4) The local health department shall provide
or have access to laboratory services to support investigations of public
problems, hazards, and emergencies.
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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