111-16. Application for aid; notice of award; review.
Promptly after an application for aid is made to the board of county commissioners under this Article, the Department of Health and Human Services shall be notified of the application by mail by the county commissioners. One of the duplicate applications for aid made before the board of county commissioners shall be transmitted with this notice.
As soon as any award has been made or any application declined by the board of county commissioners, prompt notice in writing of the award or the declined application shall be forwarded by mail to the Department of Health and Human Services and to the applicant. This notice shall fully state the particulars of the award or the facts of denial. An applicant may appeal an award or denial pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. (1937, c. 124, s. 5; 1971, c. 603, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 143; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-121, s. 14.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 111 - Aid to the Blind
§ 111-13 - Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations.
§ 111-14 - Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners.
§ 111-15 - Eligibility for relief.
§ 111-16 - Application for aid; notice of award; review.
§ 111-17 - Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds.
§ 111-18.1 - Award and assistance checks payable to decedents.
§ 111-19 - Intercounty transfer of recipients.
§ 111-20 - Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition.
§ 111-21 - Disqualifications for relief.
§ 111-22 - Beneficiaries not deemed paupers.
§ 111-23 - Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance.
§ 111-24 - Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government.
§ 111-25 - Acceptance and use of federal aid.
§ 111-26 - Termination of federal aid.
§ 111-27.2 - Blind vending-stand operators; retirement benefits.
§ 111-30 - Personal representatives for certain recipients of aid to the blind.
§ 111-31 - Courts for purposes of §§ 111-30 to 111-33; records.
§ 111-32 - Findings under § 111-30 not competent as evidence in other proceedings.
§ 111-33 - Sections 111-30 to are not to affect provisions for payments for minors.