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Record #:
26337
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The third bulletin covers the United States Supreme Court Rules on the validity of health inspections without a search warrant, the authority of cities to regulate keeping of hogs and cows within one mile of city limits, and the Attorney General’s opinion on Compulsory Polio Law.
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Health Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7754 A1 H42x), Vol. Issue 3, June 1959, p1-10, f
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26338
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The penalty prescribed by the state statutes may not be altered by rules and regulations of a board of health. Questions have been raised regarding sanitary districts and water resources, the legal necessity of reading verbatim, county tax rates, compliance with merit system laws, and premarital health authorizations.
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Health Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7754 A1 H42x), Vol. Issue 2, Mar 1959, p1-4, f
Record #:
26339
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The first issue of the bulletin initiates a public health service for officials in North Carolina. Questions have been raised regarding public health records, physician-patient confidentiality, the duty of physicians to make reports to health departments, and handling of health department funds.
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Health Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7754 A1 H42x), Vol. Issue 1, June 1958, p1-15, f
Record #:
27841
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The state-wide smoking ban in restaurants and bars is proving difficult to enforce. The Legislature gave no money for enforcement and the NC Division of Public Health does not have the manpower to enforce the law. Currently, citizens and business owners are the ones enforcing the law. A look at how the counties in the Triangle area will attempt to enforce the ban with their budgets is explored.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 5, February 2010, p16-22 Periodical Website
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33468
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Recent increases in outbreaks of giardiasis, a form of gastroenteritis caused by the parasite giardia lamblia, have been documented in several areas of the United States. According to the Communicable Disease Control Branch of the North Carolina Division of Health Services, the epidemiology of the disease in humans is not well understood. One of the provisions of the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments is designed as a safeguard against giardia contamination of public water supplies.