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Page 7 of 11 <br />I. The Department shall submit request for payment for services provided <br />under 15A NCAC 24 A rules to the Claims Processing Unit, Purchase of <br />Medical Care Services, DHHS. <br />j. The Department shall submit request for reimbursement for nurse training <br />to the Office of Public Health Nursing. Form 3300 - Public Health Nurse <br />Training Activity must be used as the invoice for payment. <br />5. The Department shall submit on an annual basis Staff Time Activity Report, 3389, <br />Environmental Health Report, 3738, and Food and Lodging Report, 3888. The <br />reports shall accompany the final expenditure report and must be received by the <br />State within 45 days after the end of the contract period. <br />D. PERSONNEL POLICIES <br />The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State personnel policies as found in <br />North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 126, and 1 NCAC 8. Such policies include, but <br />are not limited to, the following: <br />1. Equal employment opportunity; <br />2. Affirmative action; <br />3. Policies for local government employment subject to the State Personnel Act; <br />4. "Local Classification and Salary Range'; <br />5. "Compensation Policy for Local Competitive Services Employees'; and <br />6. "Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures'; <br />7. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated <br />authority by the State to administer and enforce State environmental health rules <br />and laws as directed by the State pursuant to G.S. 130A -4(b). This delegation <br />shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10.0100. <br />a. Local health departments are responsible for sending their newly - <br />employed environmental health specialists (intems) to centralized training <br />within 180 days from date of employment. <br />b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly-employed environmental <br />health specialists will be handled by the Education and Training Staff, <br />Division of Environmental Health. <br />A <br />C. A local health department which is contracting with an environmental <br />health specialist employed by another department shall be responsible for <br />assuring that all original documents, correspondence, and other public <br />records be maintained in the health department using the contractor and <br />the contract shall stipulate that the contractor shall be available for <br />consultation to the public being served. <br />8. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffing <br />15A NCAC Section .0301(c), and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide <br />public health services funded by this contract comply with this rule. <br />