{"id":"DUT-NC-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors","authority":"G.S. 130A-135; G.S. 130A-144(g) (Commission shall adopt rules prescribing control measures)","instrument":"10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General)","title":"Control measures for communicable diseases: APHA Control of Communicable Diseases Manual and CDC guidelines and recommended actions incorporated by reference as the required control measures; principles for outbreaks designated by the State Health Director","dateIssued":"1988-03-01","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1988-03-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally (through G.S. 130A-144(f)); persons infected or exposed; physicians and local health directors who give the measures; employers whose infected or exposed workers are subject to isolation or quarantine"],"clause":"the recommendations and guidelines for... prevention of transmission for each disease and condition specified by the American Public Health Association... shall be the required control measures.... Guidelines and recommended actions published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall supercede those... and are likewise incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments","enforcement":"Misdemeanor under G.S. 130A-25(a); imprisonment up to two years for violation of G.S. 130A-144(f) (G.S. 130A-25(b)); injunction under G.S. 130A-18 (Ex. DUT-NC-002)","functions":[],"notes":"The CDC\u0027s published guidelines and recommended actions for prevention of transmission are the legally required control measures for each communicable disease (para. (a)), which G.S. 130A-144(f) commands all persons to obey; for an outbreak designated by the State Health Director, \u0027control measures shall be those which can reasonably be expected to decrease the risk of transmission and which are consistent with recent scientific and public health information\u0027 and, for airborne diseases, \u0027shall require physical isolation for the duration of infectivity\u0027 (para. (b)(1)-(2)); isolation and quarantine orders \u0027shall require compliance with applicable control measures and shall state penalties for failure to comply\u0027 (para. (d)).","sourceUrl":"http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2010a%20-%20health%20and%20human%20services/chapter%2041%20-%20epidemiology%20health/subchapter%20a/10a%20ncac%2041a%20.0201.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":12986,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-NC","url":"/library/DUT-NC-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NC-007","citation":"North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors, 10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-007)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["NC-072","DUT-NC-002","DUT-NC-008"]}