North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 48 - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION
Subchapter B - LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
Section .1200 - PROVIDE FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Section 48B .1201 - BENCHMARK 30
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 48B .1201
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Benchmark: The local health department shall provide safe and accessible physical facilities and services.
(b) Activities:
(1) The local health department shall have
facilities that are clean, safe and secure for the specific activities being
carried out in the facility or any area of the facility, such as laboratory
analyses or patient examinations.
(2) The local health department shall have
facilities that are accessible to persons with physical disabilities and
services that are accessible to persons with limited proficiency in the English
language.
(3) The local health
department shall have examination rooms and direct client service areas that
are configured in a way that protects client privacy.
(4) The local health department shall ensure
privacy and security of records containing privileged patient medical
information or information protected by the federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.
(5) The local health department shall comply
with OSHA regulations.
(6) The
local health department shall ensure cleaning, disinfection and maintenance of
clinical and laboratory equipment and service areas and shall document all
cleanings, disinfections and maintenance.
(7) The local health department shall have
and comply with policies and procedures for infection control required by law
in providing clinical services.
(8)
The local health department's hours of operation shall be based on documented
community need.
(9) The local
health department shall prohibit the use of tobacco in its facility.
(10) The local health department shall make
efforts to prohibit the use of tobacco in all areas and grounds within 50 feet
of the health department facility.
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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