2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 120 - General Assembly.
§ 120-196. Commission duties.

§ 120‑196.  Commission duties.

The Commission shall study the availability and accessibility of public health services to all citizens throughout the State. In conducting the study the Commission shall:

(1)        Determine whether the public health services currently available in each local health department conform to the mission and essential services established under G.S. 130A‑1.1;

(2)        Study the workforce needs of each local department, including salary levels, professional credentials, and continuing education requirements, and determine the impact that shortages of public health professional personnel have on the delivery of public health services in local health departments;

(3)        Review the status and needs of local health departments relative to facilities, and the need for the development of minimum standards governing the provision and maintenance of these facilities;

(4)        Propose a long‑range plan for funding the public health system, which plan shall include a review and evaluation of the current structure and financing of public health in North Carolina and any other recommendations the Commission deems appropriate based on its study activities;

(5)        Conduct any other studies or evaluations the Commission considers necessary to effectuate its purpose; and

(6)        Study the capacity of small counties to meet the core public health functions mandated by current State and federal law. The Commission shall consider whether the current local health departments should be organized into a network of larger multidistrict community administrative units. In making its recommendations on this study, the Commission shall consider whether the State should establish minimum populations for local health departments, and if so, shall recommend the number of and configuration for these multicounty administrative units and shall recommend a series of incentives to ease county transition into these new arrangements. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 771, s. 2.1; 1995, c. 507, s. 23A.6(a), (b); 1997‑502, s. 11.)