Health Law Bulletin Series
| Bulletin Number | Title | Author |
Date |
Description | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Responding to Biological Threats: The Public Health System's Communicable Disease Control Authority | Jill D. Moore | 2001 |
Reviews the general law of communicable disease control in North Carolina, examines each of the Center for Disease Control's Category A (biological) agents, and analyzes in greater detail how the c |
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| 80 | The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Using and Disclosing Health Information for Public Health Purposes | Aimee N. Wall | 2003 |
Asks a series of questions intended to assist health care providers and health insurers in evaluating whether a use or disclosure for public health purposes is permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. |
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| 81 | The Rulemaking Authority of North Carolina Local Boards of Health | Aimee N. Wall | 2003 |
Summarizes the statutory rulemaking authority of local boards of health as well as the judicially-imposed limitations placed on that authority. |
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| 82 | Responding to Subpoenas for Health Department Records | John Rubin, Aimee N. Wall | 2005 |
Discusses conflicting obligations of a health department and its employees when responding to a subpoena's commands, balancing their duty to protect confidential information against their duty to r |
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| 83 | 2005 Legislation Affecting Public Health | Jill D. Moore | 2006 |
During the 2005 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted more than sixty bill and budget special provisions affecting public health, government health insurance, health care |
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| 84 | The North Carolina Public Health System's Isolation and Quarantine Authority | Jill D. Moore | 2006 |
Defines isolation and quarantine authority and explains how it is used and enforced in North Carolina. |
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| 85 | 2006 Legislation Affecting Environmental Health | Aimee N. Wall | 2006 |
This Bulletin summarizes legislation enacted by the 2006 North Carolina General Assembly in key fields of environmental health practice, including drinking water, on-site wastewater, food and lodgi |
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| 86 | Environmental Health Specialist Liability: What Will Happen if a Specialist is Sued for Negligence? | Aimee N. Wall | 2007 |
Environmental health specialists often are concerned about the prospect of being sued by a person who is disgruntled about a permit application denial, permit suspension or revocation, or other neg |
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| 88 | Frequently Asked Questions: Local Regulation of Private Drinking Water Wells | Aimee N. Wall | 2008 |
In 2006, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation directing the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules for local health departments governing the permitting, inspection, s |
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| 90 | Smoking in Public Places: Recent Changes in State Law | Aimee N. Wall | 2009 |
This bulletin discusses the history of the evolution of smoking laws in North Carolina, the smoking prohibitions that apply now and after new legislation goes into effect, and the expanded authorit |
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| 91 | Immunizations for Children and Adolescents: Frequently Asked Questions about North Carolina's Laws | Jill D. Moore | 2009 |
This bulletin uses a question and answer format to provide guidance about several current issues in the application of North Carolina’s childhood and adolescent immunization laws. |
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| 92 | Consent to Care for Minor Patients: An Update on the Legal Landscape After S.L. 2023-106, Part III | Kirsten Leloudis | 2024 |
Last August, following a legislative override of a veto by the governor, the General Assembly passed Session Law 2023-106. |
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