NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 109

HOUSE BILL 103

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STATE OPERATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130 is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be designated G.S. 130-14.2 and to read as follows:

"§ 130-14.2.  Subject to the approval of all boards of county commissioners having jurisdiction, county and district boards of health are empowered to enter into contracts with the State Board of Health for the furnishing of services required by this article when, in the opinion of the State Board of Health and the local board of health of any county or district, special problems or special projects arise which could be handled more advantageously by direct State provision of local public health services.

Whenever a county or a district contracts with the State for provision of public health services, the policy-making board for the health department shall be appointed and constituted as provided by G.S. 130-13 in the case of county departments and as provided by G.S. 130-14 in the case of district departments."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of March, 1973.