North Carolina Public Health Law

IOG Public Health Law Training

Materials from past courses and conferences

26th Annual N.C. Local Health Directors’ Legal Conference  (April 25-26, 2007)

• Top 10 Employment Law Questions (Diane Juffras, UNC Institute of Government)
  • PowerPoint Presentation: The Top Ten Employment Law Questions Asked by Local Health Directors
• Enforcing Public Smoking Bans: Lessons from New York & Kentucky (Dr. Melinda Rowe, Commissioner of Health Director, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department; Brian Miner, Chief Sanitarian, New York Tobacco Enforcement Program)
  • Compliance with New York State’s Clean Indoor Air Act: Three Year Follow-up Statewide Observational Study
  • State of New York, Regulation of Smoking in Public and Work Places,PHL Article 13-E
  • Smoke-free Policy Implementation Checklist
  • Brian Miner’s PowerPoint Presentation
• Why Do Local Health Departments Get Sued? How Can You Reduce the Risk of a Lawsuit? (Terrie Snowden, The Snowden Company; Ellen Robinson, Risk Management Consultant, ACE Medical Risk; F. Lachicotte Zemp Jr., Roberts and Stevens, Asheville, NC)
  • Materials not available
• What Does the Identity Theft Protection Act Mean for Local Health Departments? (Jill Moore, UNC Institute of Government )
  • PowerPoint presentation: North Carolina’s Identity Theft Protection Act
  • Security Breaches Under the NC Identity Theft Protection Act: Basic Information for Local Health Departments
• Case Update (Aimee Wall, UNC Institute of Government)
  • HIPAA Privacy Rule
  • Environmental Health Specialist Liability
• Working With Your County Attorney (Mark Payne, Johnston County Attorney and President, NC Association of County Attorneys)
  • Mark Payne’s PowerPoint presentation
• Animal Shelter and Euthanasia Regulation (Lee Hunter, NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
  • Materials not available
• Embargo Authority in a Nutshell (Aimee Wall, UNC Institute of Government)
  • Overview of Public Health’s Revised Embargo Authority
  • Statutes Related to Public Health’s Embargo Authority
  • Public Health Embargo Process Flowchart
  • PowerPoint presentation: Public Health’s New Embargo Authority
• Jail Health: What is the Local Health Director’s Role? (Jodi Harrison, UNC Institute of Government)
  • Handout-Jail Health: What is the Local Health Director’s Role?