To protect and enhance the public health, welfare, and safety, the Department shall establish and administer a comprehensive statewide injury prevention program. The Department shall designate the Division of Public Health as the lead agency for injury prevention activities. The Division of Public Health shall:
(1) Develop a comprehensive State plan for injury prevention;(2) Maintain an injury prevention program that includes data collection, surveillance, and education and promotes injury control activities; and(3) Develop collaborative relationships with other State agencies and private and community organizations to establish programs promoting injury prevention.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-224
Added by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 187,s. 3, eff. 7/8/2007.