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13 <br />Consolidated Agreement -FY I I Page 10 of 19 <br />5. The Department shall maintain expenditures for maternal health, child health and family planning <br />programs per General Statute 130A- 4.1(a). The amount of expenditures shall be calculated by the State <br />and provided to the Department as described in section G.22 of this document. <br />D. PERSONNEL POLICIES <br />1. The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State personnel policies as found in North <br />Carolina General Statute, Chapter 126, and 1 NCAC 8. Such policies include, but are not limited to, <br />the following: <br />a. Equal employment opportunity, <br />b. Affirmative action, <br />c. Policies for local government employment subject to the State Personnel Act, <br />d. "Local Classification and Salary Range," <br />e. "Compensation Policy for Local Competitive Services Employees," and <br />f. "Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures. " <br />2. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated authority by the State <br />to administer and enforce State environmental health rules and laws as directed by the State pursuant to <br />G.S. 130A -4(b). This delegation shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10.0100. <br />a. Local health departments are responsible for sending their newly employed environmental health <br />specialists (interns) to centralized training within 180 days from date of employment. <br />b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly - employed environmental health specialists will be <br />handled by the Education and Training Staff, Division of Environmental Health. <br />A local health department which is contracting with an environmental health specialist employed by <br />another department shall be responsible for assuring that all original documents, correspondence, <br />and other public records be maintained in the health department using the contractor and the <br />contract shall stipulate that the contractor shall be available for consultation to the public being <br />served. <br />3. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffing 10A NCAC Section <br />46.0301(c), and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded by this- <br />agreement comply with this rule. <br />E. CONFIDENTIALITY <br />All information as to personal facts and circumstances obtained by Department personnel in connection <br />with the provision of services or other activity under this agreement shall be privileged communication, <br />shall be held confidential, and shall not be divulged without the client's, or responsible person's, written <br />consent; except as may be otherwise required by applicable law or regulation. Such information may be <br />disclosed in summary, statistical, or other form which does not directly or indirectly identify particular <br />individuals. Department employees must sign confidentiality pledges documenting the Knowledge of, and <br />the agreement to maintain, personal and medical confidentiality. <br />