Suppose a county has a consolidated human services agency that is responsible for public health, instead of a local health department. Who is authorized to order isolation or quarantine in such a county?

When a county creates a consolidated human services agency (CHSA) that includes public health, the CHSA director acquires the powers and duties of a local health director, including the power to order isolation or quarantine. G.S. 153A-77(e); 130A-43(c). The CHSA director may exercise the isolation or quarantine authority directly or delegate it to another appropriate person. Note that if the CHSA director does not have the education and experience that is required to be a local health director, the CHSA director must appoint an individual who does. G.S. 153A-77(e). It is customary to delegate local health director powers and duties to that person.