2013-094 Health - State of NC Department of Health for Maintaining and Promoting the Advancement of Public Health in NC

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I Consolidated Agreement M4 Page 11 of 23 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(interns)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 Public 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 10A NCAC Section 46 .0301(c), and shall assure that all nursing staff who provide public health services funded by this agreement comply with this rule. E. CONFIDENTIALITY All information as to personal facts and circumstances obtained by Department personnel in connection with the provision of services or other activity under this agreement shall be privileged communication, shall be held confidential, and shall not be divulged without the client's,or responsible person's,written consent; except as may be otherwise required by applicable law or regulation. Such information may be disclosed in summary, statistical,or other form which does not directly or indirectly identify particular individuals. Department employees must sign confidentiality pledges documenting the knowledge of, and the agreement to maintain,personal and medical confidentiality. F. CIVIL RIGHTS 1. The Department shall assure that no person,on the grounds of race, color, age,religion,sex, marital status,immigration status,national origin or otherwise qualified handicapped individual, solely by reason of his/her handicap(unless otherwise medically indicated),be excluded from participation in,be denied the benefits of,or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity covered by this agreement.