{"id":"DUT-NC-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of North Carolina","authority":"G.S. ch. 130A, Article 2 (Local Administration), Part 1","instrument":"N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director)","title":"Powers and duties of local health director: investigation of communicable disease; quarantine and isolation authority; abatement of nuisances and imminent hazards","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE"],"addressees":["local health directors (the officers who directed isolation, quarantine and abatement); persons and premises in the county as subjects of that authority"],"clause":"(b) A local health director shall have the following powers and duties:... (3) To investigate the causes of infectious, communicable and other diseases; (4) To exercise quarantine authority and isolation authority pursuant to G.S. 130A-145;... (11) To abate public health nuisances and imminent hazards pursuant to G.S. 130A-19 and G.S. 130A-20.","enforcement":"Enforced through G.S. 130A-18 (injunction), 130A-20 (abatement and lien) and 130A-25 (misdemeanor) (Ex. DUT-NC-002)","functions":[],"notes":"Each of the State\u0027s local health directors was under a statutory duty to investigate communicable disease, to exercise isolation and quarantine authority over infected and exposed persons and to abate imminent hazards on premises in the county, so that every workplace case and exposure reported under 41A.0101 was met by a county officer bound to act.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-41.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94835,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NC","url":"/library/DUT-NC-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NC-010","citation":"General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-010)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-002"]}