130A-20.01. Action for the recovery of costs of hazardous materials emergency medical response.
A person who causes the release of a hazardous material that results in the activation of one or more State Medical Assistance Teams (SMATs) or the Epidemiology Section of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be liable for all reasonable costs incurred by each team or the Epidemiology Section that responds to or mitigates the incident. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invoice the person liable for the hazardous materials release and, in the event of nonpayment, may institute an action to recover those costs in the superior court of the county in which the release occurred. (2007-107, s. 3.1(b).)
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.