130A-45.02. Creation of a public health authority.
(a) A public health authority may be created upon joint resolution of the county board of commissioners and the local board of health that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create a public health authority to provide public health services as required under G.S. 130A-34.
(b) A public health authority including more than one county may be formed upon joint resolution of the county boards of commissioners and local boards of health having jurisdiction over each of the counties involved.
(c) After the adoption of a resolution creating a public health authority, a public health authority board shall be appointed in accordance with G.S. 130A-45.1.
(d) A county may join a public health authority upon joint resolution of the boards of commissioners and local boards of health having jurisdiction over each of the counties involved.
(e) A public health authority board shall govern the public health authority. All powers, duties, functions, rights, privileges, or immunities conferred on the public health authority may be exercised by the authority board.
(f) The public health authority board shall absorb the functions, assets, and liabilities of the county or district boards of health, and that board is dissolved.
(g) For the purpose of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes, a public health authority is a public authority as defined in G.S. 159-7(b)(10).
(h) Before adopting a resolution creating a public health authority, the county board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing with notice published at least 10 days before the hearing.
(i) For the purposes of Article 9 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, a public health authority is a person as defined in G.S. 131E-176(19). (1997-502, s. 1; 2001-92, s. 3.)
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.