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Communicable Disease

Laws & Rules

• General statutes: communicable disease control and reporting
• General statutes: other relevant communicable disease items (administration; regulation of food/lodging services, public pools, tattooing, biological agents; mosquito control)
• Rules: protocols for disease control
• Rules: administration of biological agents registry
• Rules: veterinary public health
• Rabies control statutes and rules: UNC School of Government Overview of North Carolina's Rabies Control Laws (2011) (PDF, 544KB)

General Statutes

Chapter 130A – Public Health, Article 6 – Communicable Diseases

North Carolina's laws governing communicable disease control and reporting are contained in N.C. General Statute 130A :

• Reportable diseases and conditions: § 130A-134
• Reporting Responsibility: § 130A-135 through 140
• Confidentiality of Records: § 130A-143
• Investigation and Control Measures: § 130A-144
• Quarantine and Isolation Authority: § 130A-145
• Rabies: § 130A-184 through 201
• Emergency Department Data Reporting: § 130A-480

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Other sections of N.C. General Statute 130A which also deal with communicable disease are:

• Provision of Local Public Health Services: § 130A-34
• Powers and Duties of Local Health Director: § 130A-41
• State Laboratory of Public Health: § 130A-88
• Vital Statistics: § 130A-90
• Regulation of Food and Lodging Establishments: § 130A-248
• Mass Gatherings: § 130A-251 through 258
• Public Swimming Pools: § 130A-280 through 282
• Tattooing Regulated: § 130A-283
• Mosquito and Vector Control: § 130A-352 through 358
• Biological Agents Registry; Rules; Penalties: § 130A-479

Note: In 2011, § 130A-279 - Sale or Dispensing of Milk, was re-codifed as: Section 266.35 of N.C. General Statute 106 - Agriculture, Article 28C - Grade "A" Milk Sanitation.

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Rules (Administrative Code)

Title 10A - Health and Human Services, Chapter 41 - Epidemiology Health

The rules for administration of North Carolina protocols for disease control are contained in 10A NCAC 41 Subchapter A, Sections .0101-.0907:

• Reportable Diseases: 10A NCAC 41A .0101
• Method of Reporting: 10A NCAC 41A .0102
• Duties of Local Health Director: Report Communicable Diseases: 10A NCAC 41A .0103
• Hospital Emergency Department Data Reporting: 10A NCAC 41A .0105
• General Control Measures: 10A NCAC 41A .0201
• HIV Control Measures: 10A NCAC 41A .0202
• Hepatitis B Control Measures: 10A NCAC 41A .0203
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Measures: 10A NCAC 41A .0204
• Tuberculosis Control Measures: 10A NCAC 41A .0205
• Infection Prevention – Health Care Settings: 10A NCAC 41A .0206
• Duties of Attending Physicians: 10A NCAC 41A .0210
• Duties of Other Persons: 10A NCAC 41A .0211
• Sale of Turtles Restricted: 10A NCAC 41A .0302
• Recording the Sales of Birds: 10A NCAC 41A .0303

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The rules for the administration of North Carolina's biological agents registry are contained in 10A NCAC 41 Subchapter A, Sections .0901-.0907:

• Biological Agent Registry: 10A NCAC 41A .0901
• Biological Agents to be Reported: 10A NCAC 41A .0902
• When to Report Biological Agents: 10A NCAC 41A .0903
• What Biological Agent Information to Report: 10A NCAC 41A .0904
• Exemptions from Biological Agent Reporting: 10A NCAC 41A .0905
• Security of Biological Agents: 10A NCAC 41A .0906
• Release of Information in the Biological Agents Registry: 10A NCAC 41A .0907

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The rules for the administration of North Carolina's rabies control measures are contained in 10A NCAC 41 Subchapter G, Sections .0101-.0103:

• Time of Rabies Vaccination: 10 NCAC 41G .0101
• Fees for Rabies Tags, Links and Rivets: 10 NCAC 41G .0102
• Approved Rabies Vaccines: 10 NCAC 41G .0103

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