130A-40.1. Pilot program for nurse as health director.
(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 130A-40, a local board of health, after consulting with the appropriate county board of commissioners, and with the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may appoint a local health director who meets the following education and experience requirements for that position:
(1) Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree that includes a public health nursing rotation; or
(2) A candidate with an RN but not a bachelors degree if the candidate has at least 10 years' experience, at least seven years of which must be in an administrative or supervisory role, and of this seven years, at least five years must be at the agency at which the candidate is an applicant for employment as local health director.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may approve only one request under subsection (a) of this section, this section being designed as a pilot program concerning alternative qualifications for a local health director. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report any approval under this section to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.
(c) All bachelors level candidates appointed under this section shall have a total of 10 years' public health experience, at least five years of which must be in a supervisory capacity at the agency at which the candidate is an applicant for employment as a local health director. Bachelor of Science in Nursing candidates with a public health rotation may use this BSN degree as credit for one year's public health experience.
(d) In addition to possessing the qualifications required in this section, all Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, or Registered Nurse candidates must complete at least six contact hours of continuing education annually on the subject of local and State government finance, organization, or budgeting. The training must be in a formal setting offered through the State or local government or through an accredited educational institution. This training is in addition to any other required training for local health director or other continuing education required to maintain other professional credentials. If during the course of employment as local health director the employee meets the requirements of this subsection, the additional training requirements of this section are waived. (2003-284, s. 10.33C; 2011-266, s. 1.16(b); 2011-291, s. 2.46; 2012-194, s. 27.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Local Administration.
§ 130A-34 - Provision of local public health services.
§ 130A-34.1 - Accreditation of local health departments; board established.
§ 130A-34.2 - Billing of Medicaid.
§ 130A-34.3 - Incentive program for public health improvement.
§ 130A-34.4 - Strengthening local public health infrastructure.
§ 130A-35 - County board of health; appointment; terms.
§ 130A-36 - Creation of district health department.
§ 130A-37 - District board of health.
§ 130A-38 - Dissolution of a district health department.
§ 130A-39 - Powers and duties of a local board of health.
§ 130A-40 - Appointment of local health director.
§ 130A-40.1 - Pilot program for nurse as health director.
§ 130A-41 - Powers and duties of local health director.
§ 130A-42 - Personnel records of district health departments.
§ 130A-43 - Consolidated human services agency; board; director.
§ 130A-45 - Title and purpose.
§ 130A-45.02 - Creation of a public health authority.
§ 130A-45.1 - Membership of the public health authority board.
§ 130A-45.2 - Dissolution of a public health authority.
§ 130A-45.3 - Powers and duties of authority board.
§ 130A-45.4 - Appointment of a public health authority director.
§ 130A-45.5 - Powers and duties of a public health authority director.
§ 130A-45.6 - Boundaries of the authority.
§ 130A-45.7 - Medical review committee.
§ 130A-45.8 - Confidentiality of patient information.
§ 130A-45.9 - Confidentiality of personnel information.
§ 130A-45.10 - Confidentiality of credentialing information.
§ 130A-45.11 - Confidentiality of competitive health care information.
§ 130A-47 - Creation by Commission.
§ 130A-48 - Procedure for incorporating district.
§ 130A-50 - Election and terms of office of sanitary district boards.
§ 130A-51 - City governing body acting as sanitary district board.
§ 130A-52 - Special election if election not held in November of 1981.
§ 130A-52.1 - Action if 1983 election not held.
§ 130A-53 - Actions validated.
§ 130A-54 - Vacancy appointments to district boards.
§ 130A-56 - Election of officers; board compensation.
§ 130A-57 - Power to condemn property.
§ 130A-58 - Construction of systems by corporations or individuals.
§ 130A-60 - Consideration of reports and adoption of a plan.
§ 130A-61 - Bonds and notes authorized.
§ 130A-62 - Annual budget; tax levy.
§ 130A-63 - Engineers to provide plans and supervise work; bids.
§ 130A-64 - Service charges and rates.
§ 130A-64.1 - Notice of new or increased charges and rates; public comment period.
§ 130A-66 - Removal of member of board.
§ 130A-67 - Rights-of-way granted.
§ 130A-68 - Returns of elections.
§ 130A-69 - Procedure for extension of district.
§ 130A-70 - District and municipality extending boundaries and corporate limits simultaneously.
§ 130A-71 - Procedure for withdrawing from district.
§ 130A-72 - Dissolution of certain sanitary districts.
§ 130A-74 - Validation of creation of districts.
§ 130A-75 - Validation of extension of boundaries of districts.
§ 130A-76 - Validation of dissolution of districts.
§ 130A-77 - Validation of bonds of districts.
§ 130A-78 - Tax levy for validated bonds.
§ 130A-79 - Validation of appointment or election of members of district boards.
§ 130A-80 - Merger of district with contiguous city or town; election.
§ 130A-80.1 - Merger of district with coterminous city or town; election.
§ 130A-80.3 - Merger of district with contiguous metropolitan water district.
§ 130A-82 - Dissolution of sanitary districts; referendum.
§ 130A-83 - Merger of two contiguous sanitary districts.