2002 S Health - N.C. Dept of Health & Human Services Consolidated

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Consolidated Agreement - Final Page 9 of 13 j. Departments providing the WIC Program shall limit the total expenditures for July, August, and September(1st quarter of the State/County Fiscal Year) to no more than one-fourth (1/4) of their total budget for the Agreement Period. If any local encumbrances are recorded for July, August or September, to be paid in'subsequent months, these expenditures must be accounted for in the 25% limit imposed for July, August and September expenditures. 5. The Department shall submit to Local Health Services Section on an annual basis Staff Time Activity Report- DPH 3389, Environmental Health Report-DENR 3738, and Food and Lodging Report- DENR 3888 These reports are due by July 20th. D. PERSONNEL POLICIES 1. The Department shall adhere to and fully comply with State personnel policies as found in North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 126, and 1 NCAC 8. Such policies include, but are not limited to, the following: a. Equal employment opportunity, b. Affirmative action, c. Policies for local government employment subject to the State Personnel Act, d. "Local Classification and Salary Range," e. "Compensation Policy for Local Competitive Services Employees," and f. 'Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures." 2. Environmental Health Specialists employed by the Department shall be delegated authority by the State to administer and enforce State environmental health rules and laws as directed by the State pursuant to G.S. 130A-4(b). This delegation shall be done according to 15A NCAC 10. 0100. a. Local health departments are responsible for sending their newly employed environmental health specialists (intems)to centralized training within 180 days from date of employment. b. Arrangements for centralized training for newly-employed environmental health specialists will be handled by the Education and Training Staff, Division of Environmental Health. c. A local health department which is contracting with an environmental health specialist employed by another department shall be responsible for assuring that all original documents, correspondence, and other public records be maintained in the health department using the contractor and the contract shall stipulate that the contractor shall be available for consultation to the public being served. 3. The Department shall comply with Minimum Standard Health Department Staffing 15A NCAC Section .0301(c), and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded by this agreement comply with this rule.