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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter A - CHRONIC DISEASE › Section .1200 - BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM › Section 39A .1201-.1209 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-205; Sec. 301 & 317, Public Health
					 Services Act, as amended;
Temporary Adoption Eff. December 1, 1992
					 for a Period of 180 Days or until the permanent rule becomes effective,
					 whichever is sooner;
Eff. April 1, 1993;
Expired Eff.
					 January 1, 2017 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter A - CHRONIC DISEASE › Section .1300 - PRESCRIPTION DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 39A .1301-.1307 - EXPIRED

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Authority S.L. 1999,
					 c. 237, s. 11.1.(a);
Temporary Adoption Eff. February 10,
					 2000;
Eff. April 1, 2001;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017
					 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0101 - BODIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSION

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(a) All
				interests in and rights to dead bodies not claimed for burial within 10 days of
				death and received by the Commission shall vest in the Commission. A medical
				school may receive and store an unclaimed body at the direction of the
				Commission. The medical school has no right to the body until allocated to the
				medical school by the Commission.
(b) All interests in and rights to dead
				bodies donated to the Commission and accepted by the Commission of Anatomy
				shall vest in the Commission. A medical school may receive and store a donated
				body at the direction of the Commission. The medical school has no right to the
				body until allocated to the medical school by the Commission.
(c) The Commission has no right to bodies
				donated to specified donee institutions or persons other than those bodies
				specifically donated to the Commission.
(d) The attending physician, acting as donee
				of the gift of an entire body according to the provisions of
				G.S.
				130A-406(c), may at his
				discretion transfer the gift to the Commission in the absence of expressed
				indication that the donor desired otherwise.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and
				  Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0004 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0102 - TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF UNCLAIMED BODIES

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(a) The person,
				institution, or agency having charge or control of an unclaimed body shall
				notify a member of the Commission. If the Commission member agrees to accept
				the body, the notifying person, institution, or agency, with the concurrence of
				the Commission member, shall request a funeral home or other suitable carrier
				to transfer the body to a medical school. If a commission member cannot be
				reached, the person, institution, or agency shall contact the nearest medical
				school to arrange for refrigerated storage of the body until a commission
				member can be reached.
(b) The
				Commission may decline to accept an unclaimed body that is for any reason
				unsuitable for anatomical study.
(c) If the body is determined by a commission
				member to be unacceptable for anatomical study, the person, institution, or
				agency having charge or control of the body shall make arrangements for the
				final disposition of the body.
(d)
				The body remains in the legal custody of the person, institution, or agency
				having charge or control of the body until after the expiration of the time
				required by
				G.S.
				130A-415 following death.
(e) During the 10 days allowed for
				determination that a body is unclaimed, the body shall be stored in the nearest
				refrigerated facility that can provide such storage. The person, institution,
				or agency having charge or control of the body shall, with the assistance of a
				member of the Commission, make arrangements for transfer and storage of the
				body.
(f) During the period of
				storage, the person, institution, or agency having legal custody of the body
				retains responsibility for making reasonable efforts to notify any interested
				person of the deceased's death.
(g)
				If the body is claimed, the storage facility shall be directed in writing by
				the person, institution, or agency having charge or control of the body to
				release it, with the claimant or his or her representative being
				identified.
(h) If the stored body
				is not claimed for burial, the medical school receiving it as allocated by the
				Commission shall pay all reasonable fees for transfer for storage. If the
				stored body is claimed, the claimant shall pay such fees.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and
				  Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0005 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0103 - EXPIRED - AUTOPSY OF UNCLAIMED BODY

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and
				  Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0006 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0104 - TRANSFER OF DONATED BODY

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(a) If a body has
				been donated to the Commission, the next of kin or a responsible representative
				shall ascertain from a member of the Commission in the nearest medical school
				whether the body can be accepted.
(b) Unless the estate or one or more members
				of the family agree to bear the costs, the medical school receiving a body
				donated to the Commission shall pay all reasonable fees for services rendered
				in delivery of that body to the medical school.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0007 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0105 - EXPIRED - AUTOPSY OF DONATED BODY

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and
				  Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0008 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0106 - FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DONATED BODY

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(a) A funeral
				service with the body present is not precluded by donation. The body may be
				transferred to a medical school after the service. If there is a funeral
				service with the body present, the medical school receiving the body shall pay
				the transportation costs only.
(b)
				A memorial service with the body absent may be preferred. If a memorial service
				is conducted, the medical school receiving the body will pay reasonable fees
				for removal, authorized embalming, and transportation.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0010 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0107 - DONATED ORGANS

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Any member of the Commission may accept or decline to accept
				  a body donated to the Commission from which donated organs or tissues have been
				  removed.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0009 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0108 - EXPIRED - EMBALMING

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0011 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0109-.0110 - EXPIRED

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0012 Eff. April 4, 1990
				  (.0109);
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0013 Eff. April 4, 1990
				  (.0110);
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0111 - FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY STUDIES

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(a) For the
				purposes of this Subchapter, "Forensic Anthropology Program" means a university
				program in a field of study using anthropological techniques of osteological
				(bone) analysis to assist in the identification of a crime victim, a victim of
				a mass disaster, or a body that is unidentifiable by standard methods of
				identification.
(b) The Commission
				of Anatomy may distribute a body to a forensic anthropology program if the
				conditions in Paragraphs (c) and (d) have been met and the body falls under one
				of the following categories:
(1) the body is
				an unclaimed body that the chairman of the Commission of Anatomy has determined
				to be unsuitable for medical studies; or
(2) the body has been bequeathed or donated
				to the Commission of Anatomy for forensic anthropology studies.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0112 - EXPIRED - PAYMENT OF COSTS OF DISTRIBUTION

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0014 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0113 - FINAL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS

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The remains of any body studied or determined to be
				  unacceptable for study after acceptance by the Commission shall be cremated and
				  returned to the family or an agent of the family if it is the wish of the donor
				  or the family. The medical school to which the body was allocated by the
				  commission shall bear the costs of cremation, of a plain container, and of
				  delivery. If directed by the donor or family, or if there is no claimant for
				  the body, the medical school shall make final disposition of the
				  remains.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-416;
Eff. November 1,
				  1977;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0015 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
				  2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter B - COMMISSION OF ANATOMY › Section 39B .0114 - EXPIRED - FORMS

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Authority
				  G.S.
				  130A-405;
				  130A-415;
				  130A-416;
				  143B-204;
Eff.
				  November 1, 1977;
Amended Eff. February 1, 1988;
Transferred and Recodified from
				  10 NCAC
				  08I .0016 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2017 pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter C - SMOKING PROHIBITED IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 39C .0101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) The purpose of
				  the rules in this subchapter is to implement Part 1C of Article 23 of Chapter
				  130A of the General Statutes.
(b)
				  The definitions in
				  G.S.130A-492 apply throughout
				  this Subchapter. In addition, throughout this Subchapter, "Division" means
				  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public
				  Health.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-497(f);
Eff. January 2, 2010;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. December 6,
					 2016.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter C - SMOKING PROHIBITED IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 39C .0102 - EXEMPTION OF CIGAR BARS

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(a) Cigar bars
				  shall file an affidavit with the Division within thirty days after the end of
				  each quarter stating the establishment meets the statutory requirements set
				  forth for cigar bars by
				  G.S.
				  130A-492 and
				  G.S.
				  130A-496. Affidavits shall be sent to the:
Chief, Regulatory and Legal Affairs
N. C. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
1931 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1931.
(b) Affidavits submitted in 2010 and each
				  year thereafter shall be post-marked:
(1) By
				  January 31st for the quarter ending December
				  31st.
(2) By April 30th
				  for the quarter ending March 31st.
(3) By July 31st
				  for the quarter ending June 30th.
(4) By October
				  31st for the quarter ending September
				  30th.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter C - SMOKING PROHIBITED IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 39C .0103 - POSTING SIGNS

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The signs required to be posted in restaurants and bars by
					 G.S.
					 130A-497 shall:
(1) Be posted at each public entrance at a
				  height and location easily seen.
(2) Be at least 24 square inches in size (for
				  example, 4 by 6 inches).
(3) Be in
				  legible font type.
(4) Display:
(a) The Division's toll-free complaint line
				  telephone number.
(b)
				  "G.S.130A-497".
(c) "
www.smokefree.nc.gov
".
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 39 - ADULT HEALTH › Subchapter C - SMOKING PROHIBITED IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 39C .0104 - CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF ENCLOSED AREA

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(a) An
				  area is enclosed if it has
(1) a roof or other
				  overhead covering and
(2) permanent
				  or temporary walls or side coverings on three or more sides that make up 55
				  percent or more of the total combined perimeter surface area.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SCHOOL WATER FLUORIDATION › Section .0100 - PURPOSE › Section 40A .0104-.0105

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Repealed Eff. July 1, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SCHOOL WATER FLUORIDATION › Section .0200 - ELIGIBILITY › Section 40A .0206-.0208

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Repealed Eff. July 1, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SCHOOL WATER FLUORIDATION › Section .0300 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 40A .0306-.0310

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Repealed Eff. July 1, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SCHOOL WATER FLUORIDATION › Section .0400 - FORMS › Section 40A .0403-.0404

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Repealed Eff. July
					 1, 2014.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter B - FLUORIDE MOUTHRINSE › Section .0100 - PURPOSE AND ELIGIBILITY › Section 40B .0104-.0105 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Expired Eff.
					 January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter B - FLUORIDE MOUTHRINSE › Section .0200 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 40B .0207-.0212 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter B - FLUORIDE MOUTHRINSE › Section .0300 - FORMS › Section 40B .0303-.0304 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1991;
Expired Eff.
					 January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter C - DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES › Section .0200 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 40C .0204-.0206 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter D - PLAQUE CONTROL › Section .0100 - PURPOSE › Section 40D .0103 - EXPIRED - PLAQUE CONTROL INFORMATION

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 40 - DENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter D - PLAQUE CONTROL › Section .0200 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 40D .0205 - EXPIRED - SUPERVISION

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-366;
Eff. November 1,
					 1990;
Expired Eff. January 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0100 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section 41A .0102 - METHOD OF REPORTING

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(a) When a report
				  of a disease or condition is required to be made pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  130A-135 through 139 and
				  10A NCAC
				  41A .0101, with the exception of
				  laboratories, which shall proceed as in Subparagraph (d), the report shall be
				  made to the local health director as follows:
(1) For diseases and conditions required to
				  be reported within 24 hours, the initial report shall be made by telephone, and
				  the report required by Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph shall be made within
				  seven days.
(2) In addition to the
				  requirements of Subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph, the report shall be made on
				  the communicable disease report card or in an electronic format provided by the
				  Division of Public Health and shall include the name and address of the
				  patient, the name and address of the parent or guardian if the patient is a
				  minor, and epidemiologic information.
(3) In addition to the requirements of
				  Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph, forms or electronic formats
				  provided by the Division of Public Health for collection of information
				  necessary for disease control and documentation of clinical and epidemiologic
				  information about the cases shall be completed and submitted for the following
				  reportable diseases and conditions identified in
				  10A NCAC
				  41A .0101(a):
(A) acquired immune deficiency syndrome
				  (AIDS);
(B) brucellosis;
(C) cholera;
(D) cryptosporidiosis;
(E) cyclosporiasis;
(F) E. coli 0157:H7 infection;
(G) ehrlichiosis;
(H) Haemophilus influenzae, invasive
				  disease;
(I) Hemolytic-uremic
				  syndrome/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura;
(J) hepatitis A;
(K) hepatitis B;
(L) hepatitis B carriage;
(M) hepatitis C;
(N) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
				  confirmed;
(O)
				  legionellosis;
(P)
				  leptospirosis;
(Q) Lyme
				  disease;
(R) malaria;
(S) measles (rubeola);
(T) meningitis, pneumococcal;
(U) meningococcal disease;
(V) mumps;
(W) paralytic poliomyelitis;
(X) psittacosis;
(Y) Rocky Mountain spotted fever;
(Z) rubella;
(AA) rubella congenital syndrome;
(BB) tetanus;
(CC) toxic shock syndrome;
(DD) trichinosis;
(EE) tuberculosis;
(FF) tularemia;
(GG) typhoid;
(HH) typhoid carriage (Salmonella
				  typhi);
(II) vibrio infection
				  (other than cholera); and
(JJ)
				  whooping cough.
Communicable disease report cards, surveillance forms, and
					 electronic formats are available from the Division of Public Health, 1915 Mail
					 Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915, and from local health
					 departments.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0100 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section 41A .0104 - RELEASE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE RECORDS: RESEARCH PURPOSES

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(a) A person may request, for bona fide
				  research purposes, the release of records which pertain to a communicable
				  disease or communicable condition and which identify individuals. The request
				  shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of organization requesting the
				  data;
(2) Names of principal
				  investigators;
(3) Name of
				  project;
(4) Purpose of
				  project;
(5) Description of the
				  proposed use of the data, including protocols for contacting patients,
				  relatives, and service providers;
(6) Descriptions of measures to protect the
				  security of the data;
(7) An
				  assurance that the data will not be used for purposes other than those
				  described in the protocol;
(8) An
				  assurance that the data will be properly disposed of upon completion of the
				  project; and
(9) An assurance that
				  the results of the project will be provided to the custodian of the
				  records.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0100 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section 41A .0105 - HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DATA REPORTING

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Hospitals, as defined in
					 G.S.
					 130A-480(d), shall submit
					 electronically to the Division of Public Health the following electronically
					 available emergency department data elements for all emergency department
					 visits:
(1) Patient record number or
				  other unique identification number;
(2) Patient date of birth and age;
(3) Patient's sex;
(4) City of residence;
(5) County of residence;
(6) Five digit ZIP code;
(7) Alpha numeric patient control number
				  assigned by the hospital for each record (the Visit Identification
				  Number);
(8) Emergency department
				  facility identification number;
(9)
				  Projected payor source;
(10) Date
				  and time of emergency department visit (first documented time);
(11) Mode of transport to the emergency
				  department;
(12) PreMIS
				  identification number, if transported by EMS;
(13) Chief complaint;
(14) Initial temperature reading and
				  route;
(15) Initial systolic and
				  initial diastolic blood pressure;
(16) Triage Notes (brief description of
				  patient's/family's self-reported illness episode, including symptoms, duration
				  of symptoms, and reasons for visit [in addition to Chief Complaint] as
				  presented by the patient or family to the triage nurse upon arrival at the
				  emergency department) - this element is optional;
(17) Initial emergency department acuity
				  assessment;
(18) Coded cause of
				  injury (ICD-9-CM, if injury related to diagnosis);
(19) Emergency department procedures, up to
				  ten (CPT or ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM);
(20) Emergency department
				  disposition;
(21) Emergency
				  department disposition diagnosis description; and
(22) Emergency department disposition
				  diagnosis codes, one primary and up to ten additional (ICD-9-CM or
				  ICD-10-CM).
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-480;
Eff. January 1,
					 2005;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0100 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section 41A .0106 - REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

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(a) The
				  following definitions apply throughout this Rule:
(1) "Hospital" means any facility designated
				  as such in
				  G.S.
				  131E-76(3).
(2) "National Healthcare Safety Network" is
				  an internet-based surveillance system managed by the Centers for Disease
				  Control and Prevention. This system is designed to be used for the direct,
				  standardized reporting of healthcare quality information, including health
				  care-associated infections, by health care facilities to public health
				  entities.
(3) "Health
				  care-associated infection" means a localized or systemic condition in the
				  patient resulting from an adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious
				  agent(s) or its toxin(s) with no evidence that the infection was present or
				  incubating when the patient was admitted to the health care setting.
(4) "Denominator or summary data" refers to
				  referent or baseline data required to generate meaningful statistics for
				  communicating health care-associated infection rates.
(5) "The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare
				  Services - Inpatient Prospective Payment System (CMS - IPPS) rules" are
				  regulations promulgated for the disbursement of operating costs by the Centers
				  for Medicare and Medicaid Services for acute care hospital stays under Medicare
				  Part A based on prospectively set rates for care.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0100 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section 41A .0107 - REPEALED - REPORTING OF COVID-19 DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTS

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-134;
					 130A-139;
					 130A-141;
					 130A-141.1;
Emergency Adoption Eff. September 25, 2020;
Temporary Adoption Eff.
					 December 1, 2020;
Eff. October 1, 2021;
Amended Eff.
					 October 1, 2022.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0202 - CONTROL MEASURES - HIV

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The following are the control measures for the Human
					 Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection:
(1) Persons diagnosed with HIV infection
				  (hereafter "person living with HIV") shall:
(a) refrain from sexual intercourse unless
				  condoms are used except when:
(i) the person
				  living with HIV is in HIV care, is adherent with the treatment plan of the
				  attending physician, and has been virally suppressed for at least 6 months (HIV
				  levels below 200 copies per milliliter) at the time of sexual
				  intercourse;
(ii) the sexual
				  intercourse partner is HIV positive;
(iii) the sexual intercourse partner is
				  taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - antiretroviral medication used to
				  prevent HIV infection as directed by an attending physician; or
(iv) the sexual intercourse occurred in the
				  context of a sexual assault in which the person living with HIV was the
				  victim;
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0203 - CONTROL MEASURES - HEPATITIS B

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(a) The following
				  are the control measures for hepatitis B infection. The infected persons shall:
(1) refrain from sexual intercourse unless
				  condoms are used except when the partner is known to be infected with or immune
				  to hepatitis B;
(2) not share
				  needles or syringes;
(3) not donate
				  or sell blood, plasma, platelets, other blood products, semen, ova, tissues,
				  organs, or breast milk;
(4) if the
				  time of initial infection is known, identify to the local health director all
				  sexual intercourse and needle partners since the date of infection; and, if the
				  date of initial infection is unknown, identify persons who have been sexual
				  intercourse or needle partners during the previous six months;
(5) for the duration of the infection, notify
				  future sexual intercourse partners of the infection and refer them to their
				  attending physician or the local health director for control measures; and for
				  the duration of the infection, notify the local health director of all new
				  sexual intercourse partners;
(6)
				  identify to the local health director all current household contacts;
(7) be tested six months after diagnosis to
				  determine if they are chronic carriers, and when necessary to determine
				  appropriate control measures for persons exposed pursuant to Paragraph (b) of
				  this Rule;
(8) comply with all
				  control measures for hepatitis B infection specified in Paragraph (a) of
				  10A NCAC
				  41A .0201, in those instances where such
				  control measures do not conflict with other requirements of this
				  Rule.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0204 - CONTROL MEASURES - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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(a) Local
				  health departments shall provide diagnosis, testing, treatment, follow-up, and
				  preventive services for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, nongonococcal
				  urethritis, mucopurulent cervicitis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and
				  granuloma inguinale. These services shall be provided upon request and at no
				  charge to the patient.
(b) Persons
				  infected with, exposed to, or reasonably suspected of being infected with
				  gonorrhea, chlamydia, non-gonococcal urethritis, and mucopurulent cervicitis
				  shall:
(1) Refrain from sexual intercourse
				  until examined and diagnosed and treatment is completed, and all lesions are
				  healed;
(2) Be tested, treated, and
				  re-evaluated in accordance with the STD Treatment Guidelines published by the
				  U.S. Public Health Service. The recommendations contained in the STD Treatment
				  Guidelines are the required control measures for testing, treatment, and
				  follow-up for gonorrhea, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis, and mucopurulent
				  cervicitis, and are incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments
				  and editions. A copy of this publication is on file for public viewing with the
				  and a copy may be obtained free of charge by writing the Division of Public
				  Health, 1915 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915, and
				  requesting a copy. However, urethral Gram stains may be used for diagnosis of
				  males rather than gonorrhea cultures unless treatment has failed;
(3) Notify all sexual partners from 30 days
				  before the onset of symptoms to completion of therapy that they must be
				  evaluated by a physician or local health department.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0205 - CONTROL MEASURES TUBERCULOSIS

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(a) The
				  local health director shall investigate all cases of tuberculosis disease and
				  their contacts in accordance with recommendations and guidelines published by
				  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which are hereby incorporated by
				  reference including subsequent amendments and editions. The recommendations and
				  guidelines are the required control measures for tuberculosis, except as
				  otherwise provided in this Rule. A copy of the recommendations and guidelines
				  is available by contacting the Division of Public Health, 1931 Mail Service
				  Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1931 or by accessing the Centers for
				  Disease Control and Prevention website at
http://www.cdc.gov/tb
.
(b) The following persons shall have a
				  tuberculin skin test (TST) or Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA)
				  administered in accordance with recommendations and guidelines published by the
				  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
(1) Household and other high priority
				  contacts of active cases of pulmonary and laryngeal tuberculosis. For purposes
				  of this Rule, a high priority contact is defined in accordance with Centers for
				  Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. If the contact's initial skin or
				  IGRA test is negative, and the case is confirmed by culture, a repeat skin or
				  IGRA test shall be performed 8 to 10 weeks after the exposure has
				  ended;
(2) Persons reasonably
				  suspected of having tuberculosis disease;
(3) Inmates in the custody of the Department
				  of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction upon incarceration, and annually
				  thereafter;
(4) Persons with HIV
				  infection or AIDS.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0206 - INFECTION PREVENTION - HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

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(a) The
				  following definitions apply throughout this Rule:
(1) "Health care organization" means a
				  hospital; clinic; physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, or chiropractic
				  office; home care agency; nursing home; local health department; community
				  health center; mental health facility; hospice; ambulatory surgical facility;
				  urgent care center; emergency room; Emergency Medical Service (EMS) agency;
				  pharmacies where a health practitioner offers clinical services; or any other
				  organization that provides clinical care.
(2) "Invasive procedure" means entry into
				  tissues, cavities, or organs or repair of traumatic injuries. The term includes
				  the use of needles to puncture skin, vaginal and cesarean deliveries, surgery,
				  and dental procedures during which bleeding occurs or the potential for
				  bleeding exists.
(3)
				  "Non-contiguous" means not physically connected.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0207 - HIV AND HEPATITIS B INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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(a) The
				  following definitions shall apply throughout this Rule:
(1) "Surgical or obstetrical procedures"
				  means vaginal deliveries or surgical entry into tissues, cavities, or organs.
				  The term does not include phlebotomy; administration of intramuscular,
				  intradermal, or subcutaneous injections; needle biopsies; needle aspirations;
				  lumbar punctures; angiographic procedures; endoscopic and bronchoscopic
				  procedures; or placing or maintaining peripheral or central intravascular
				  lines.
(2) "Dental procedure" means
				  any dental procedure involving manipulation, cutting, or removal of oral or
				  perioral tissues, including tooth structure during which bleeding occurs or the
				  potential for bleeding exists. The term does not include the brushing of
				  teeth.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0208 - CONTROL MEASURES - SMALLPOX; VACCINIA DISEASE

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(a) Guidelines
				  and recommended actions for prevention of the spread of smallpox and for
				  prevention of the spread of vaccinia published by the Center for Disease
				  Control and Prevention (CDC) shall supercede those contained in the control of
				  Communicable Disease Manual and are incorporated by reference, including
				  subsequent amendments and editions. Copies of CDC guidelines contained in the
				  Morbidity and Mortality weekly reports may be purchased from the Superintendent
				  of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402 for a total
				  cost of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) each.
(b) The attending physician of a person
				  vaccinated against smallpox shall report to the local health department the
				  existence of any of the following:
(1)
				  autoinnoculation;
(2) generalized
				  vaccinia;
(3) eczema
				  vaccinatum;
(4) progressive
				  vaccinia; and
(5) post vaccination
				  encephalitis.
The attending physician shall make the report to the local
					 health department within 24 hours. The local health department shall notify the
					 Division of Public Health within 24 hours.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0209 - LABORATORY TESTING

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All laboratories shall do the following:
(1) When Neisseria meningitidis is isolated
				  from a normally sterile site, test the organism for specific serogroup or send
				  the isolate to the State Laboratory of Public Health for
				  serogrouping;
(2) When a stool
				  culture is requested on a specimen from a person with bloody diarrhea, culture
				  the stool for shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli or send the specimen to
				  the State Laboratory of Public Health;
(3) When Haemophilus influenzae is isolated,
				  test the organism for specific serogroup or send the isolate to the State
				  Laboratory of Public Health for serogrouping; and
(4) When Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
				  is isolated, test the organism for specific restriction fragment length
				  polymorphism (RFLP) or send the isolate, or a subculture of the isolate, to the
				  State Laboratory of Public Health for genotyping.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-139;
Eff. October 1,
					 1994;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 18, 2002;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2004; April 1, 2003;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0210 - DUTIES OF ATTENDING PHYSICIANS

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Immediately upon making a diagnosis of or reasonably
					 suspecting a communicable disease or communicable condition for which control
					 measures are provided in Rule .0201, .0202 or .0203 of this Section, the
					 attending physician shall instruct the patient and any other person specified
					 in those control measures to carry out those control measures and shall give
					 sufficiently detailed instructions for proper compliance, or the physician
					 shall request the local health director to give such instruction. When making
					 the initial telephone report for diseases and conditions required to be
					 reported within 24 hours, the physician shall inform the local health director
					 of the control measures given.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-144;
Temporary Rule Eff.
					 February 1, 1988, for a period of 180 days to expire on July 29,
					 1988;
Eff. March 1, 1988;
Recodified from
					 15A NCAC
					 19A .0202 Eff. June 11, 1991;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0211 - DUTIES OF OTHER PERSONS

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(a) The local
				  health director may reveal the identity and diagnosis of a person with a
				  reportable communicable disease or communicable condition or other communicable
				  disease or communicable condition which represents a significant threat to the
				  public health to those persons specified in Paragraph (b) when disclosure is
				  necessary to prevent transmission in the facility or establishment for which
				  they are responsible. The local health director shall ensure that all persons
				  so notified are instructed regarding the necessity for protecting
				  confidentiality.
(b) The following
				  persons shall require that any person about whom they are notified pursuant to
				  Paragraph (a) comply with control measures given by the local health director
				  to prevent transmission in the facility or establishment:
(1) the principal of any private or public
				  school;
(2) employers;
(3) superintendents or directors of all
				  public or private institutions, hospitals, or jails; and
(4) operators of a child day care center,
				  child day care home, or other child care providers.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0212 - HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF BODIES

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(a) Persons
				  handling the body of any person who has died shall comply with the standard
				  precautions for all patient care published by the United States Centers for
				  Disease Control and Prevention, which are hereby incorporated by reference,
				  including any subsequent amendments and editions, and available free of charge
				  at:
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/basics/standard-precautions.html
.
(b) It shall be the duty of the physician,
				  physician assistant, or nurse practitioner attending to any person who dies and
				  is known to be infected with HIV, plague, hepatitis B, or COVID-19 or any
				  person who dies and is known or reasonably suspected to be infected with
				  smallpox, rabies, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or
				  Jakob-Creutzfeldt to provide written, verbal, or electronic notification to
				  individuals handling the body of the proper precautions to prevent infection,
				  as set forth in Paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this Rule. This written,
				  verbal, or electronic notification shall be provided to the funeral service
				  director, funeral service worker, or body transporter at the time the body is
				  removed from any hospital, nursing home, or other health care facility. When
				  the patient dies in a location other than a health care facility, the
				  physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner shall notify the funeral
				  service director, funeral service worker, or body transporter of the
				  precautions required as soon as the physician, physician assistant, or nurse
				  practitioner becomes aware of the death. These precautions are set forth in
				  Paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this Rule. The duty to notify shall be
				  considered met if performed by one of the following individuals:
(1) the physician, physician assistant, or
				  nurse practitioner attending to the person who died; or
(2) a designated representative of the
				  physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH › Subchapter A - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL › Section .0200 - CONTROL MEASURES FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Section 41A .0213 - CONTROL MEASURES - SARS

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Guidelines and recommended actions for prevention of the
					 spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) published by the Centers for
					 Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shall be the required control measures for
					 SARS and are incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments and
					 editions. Copies of CDC guidelines contained in the Morbidity and Mortality
					 weekly reports may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, US
					 Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402 for a total cost of three
					 dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) each.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-144;
Temporary Adoption Eff.
					 May 16, 2003;
Eff. August 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
					 2018.