§ 130A-480 – Emergency department data reporting.
130A-480. Emergency department data reporting. (a) For the purpose of ensuring the protection of the public health, the State Health Director shall develop a syndromic surveillance program for hospital emergency departments in order to detect and investigate public health threats that may result from (i) a terrorist incident using nuclear, biological, or chemical agents or […]
§ 130A-481 – Food defense.
130A-481. Food defense. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Environmental Quality, and Department of Health and Human Services shall jointly develop a plan to protect the food supply from intentional contamination. The plan shall address protection of the food supply from production to consumption, including, but not limited to, the protection of […]
§ 130A-485 – Vaccination program established; definitions.
130A-485. Vaccination program established; definitions. (a) The Department and local health departments shall offer a vaccination program for first responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when deployed to disaster locations. The vaccinations shall include, but are not limited to, hepatitis A vaccination, hepatitis B vaccination, diphtheria-tetanus vaccination, influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination, and other […]
§ 130A-475 – Suspected terrorist attack.
130A-475. Suspected terrorist attack. (a) If the State Health Director reasonably suspects that a public health threat may exist and that the threat may have been caused by a terrorist incident using nuclear, biological, or chemical agents, the State Health Director is authorized to order any of the following: (1) Require any person or animal […]
§ 130A-476 – Access to health information.
130A-476. Access to health information. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care provider, a person in charge of a health care facility, or a unit of State or local government may report to the State Health Director or a local health director any events that may indicate the existence of a case […]
§ 130A-477 – Abatement of public health threat.
130A-477. Abatement of public health threat. If it is determined that a public health threat may exist because of the contamination of property caused by a terrorist incident using nuclear, biological, or chemical agents, the State Health Director may order any action to abate that public health threat. To the extent that any owner, lessee, […]
§ 130A-478 – Tort liability.
130A-478. Tort liability. Article 31 of Chapter 143 applies to negligent acts committed by any officer, employee, involuntary servant or agent of the State acting pursuant to this Article. (2002-179, s. 1.)
§ 130A-479 – Biological agents registry; rules; penalties.
130A-479. Biological agents registry; rules; penalties. (a) The Department shall establish and administer a program for the registration of biological agents. The biological agents registry shall identify the biological agents possessed and maintained by any person in this State and shall contain other information required under rules adopted by the Commission. (b) The following definitions […]