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This conference, geared toward directors of local health departments and consolidated human services agencies and the attorneys who work with them, focuses on current legal issues confronting local health departments, including significant changes and developments in state and federal law affecting both personal and environmental health programs. Participants at previous conferences learned about smoking regulation, legal issues in communicable disease control, animal control, issues with local health department medical records, and selected issues in environmental health. This course is co-sponsored by NC Association of Local Health Directors.

2024 NC Local Health Directors' Legal Conference Agenda

CLE Value:

General	8.00 hrs
Total	8.00 hrs

There currently are no scheduled offerings of this course.

Materials from previous NC Local Health Directors' Legal Conference can be found here.

2024 NC Local Health Directors' Legal Conference Agenda

Wednesday, April 17

Legislative and Regulatory Update PDF Slides

Virginia Niehaus, JD, MPH, Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

Jon Fowlkes, REHS, Deputy Environmental Health Section Chief, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

Legal Issues in On-site Wastewater Management PDF Slides

John Schaeffer, JD, Special Deputy Attorney General, NC Department of Justice

Mandatory Reports to DSS or Law Enforcement PDF Slides

Mandatory Reporting Requirements Chart- 07.2023 Handout

Kirsten Leloudis, JD, MPH, UNC School of Government

Congenital Syphilis in NC: Epi Update & Review of Control Measures PDF Slides

Congenital Syphilis in NC Handout

Erika Samoff, PhD, MPH, HIV/STD Surveillance Manager, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

Jill Moore, MPH, JD, UNC School of Government

Regulation of Cigar Bars under NC Law PDF Slides

Private Club Memo Handout

5.3 Smoke-Free_7.19.23 Handout

Kaycee Deen, JD, Agency Attorney Consultant, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

Jim Martin, MS, Director of Policy and Programs, Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

New Confidentiality Rules for Substance Use Disorder Records PDF Slides

“S.L. 2023-95: Changes to Patient Consent for Releasing Behavioral Health Information” Blog Post

Court Orders to Disclose-Health Directors 2024 PDF

Mark Botts, JD, UNC School of Government

Thursday, April 18

Public Health Law after COVID-19 PDF Slides

Jill Moore, MPH, JD, UNC School of Government

NC’s Parents Bill of Rights PDF Slides

Dean Shatley [via Zoom], JD, Founding Partner, Campbell Shatley

Hot Topics Update

Social Media Update for Health Directors - Slides PDF

When Can a Public Official Face Liability for Blocking Users or Deleting Comments on Social Media? The Supreme Court Sets a New Test in Lindke v. Freed. - Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law (unc.edu) Blog Post

Can Local Government Officials Block Their Critics on Social Media? - Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law (unc.edu) blog Post

Deanda Update 2024 Slides PDF

Kirsten Leloudis & Jill Moore, UNC School of Government

Kristi Nickodem, UNC School of Government

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For questions regarding course details, including location, schedule, materials, and continuing education credits, please contact:

Charmain Cale

Team Lead, Law and Finance Group

919.966.4157

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Lead Faculty

Associate Professor of Public Law and Government

moore@sog.unc.edu

Kirsten Leloudis

Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government

kirsten@sog.unc.edu

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