130A-18. Injunction.
(a) If a person shall violate any provision of this Chapter, the rules adopted by the Commission or rules adopted by a local board of health, or a condition or term of a permit or order issued under this Chapter, the Secretary or a local health director may institute an action for injunctive relief, irrespective of all other remedies at law, in the superior court of the county where the violation occurred or where a defendant resides.
(b) The Secretary of Environmental Quality and a local health director shall have the same rights enumerated in subsection (a) of this section to enforce the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of this Chapter. (1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.61; 2001-474, s. 20; 2006-255, s. 13.4; 2007-550, s. 2(a); 2011-145, s. 13.3(ss); 2015-241, s. 14.30(v).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - Definitions, General Provisions and Remedies.
§ 130A-1.1 - Mission and essential services.
§ 130A-3 - Appointment of the State Health Director.
§ 130A-4.1 - State funds for maternal and child health care/nonsupplanting.
§ 130A-4.2 - State funds for health promotion/nonsupplanting.
§ 130A-4.3 - State funds for school nurses.
§ 130A-4.4 - Funds for AIDS Drug Assistance Program[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 130A-5 - Duties of the Secretary.
§ 130A-5.1 - State health standards.
§ 130A-6 - Delegation of authority.
§ 130A-10 - Advisory Committees.
§ 130A-11 - Residencies in public health.
§ 130A-12 - Confidentiality of records.
§ 130A-14 - Department may assist private nonprofit foundations.
§ 130A-15 - Access to information.
§ 130A-16 - Collection and reporting of race and ethnicity data.
§ 130A-19 - Abatement of public health nuisance.
§ 130A-20 - Abatement of an imminent hazard[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 130A-20.01 - Action for the recovery of costs of hazardous materials emergency medical response.
§ 130A-22 - Administrative penalties.
§ 130A-23 - Suspension and revocation of permits and program participation.
§ 130A-24 - Appeals procedure.
§ 130A-25 - Misdemeanor[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 130A-26.1 - Criminal violation of Article 9.
§ 130A-26.2 - Penalty for false reporting under Article 9.
§ 130A-26.3 - Limitations period for certain groundwater contamination actions.
§ 130A-26.4 - Violations of Article 4.
§ 130A-26A - Recodified as G.S130A-26.4 by Session Laws 2018-142, s17.