N.D. Cent. Code § 23-01-07.2

Current through 2024 Legislative Session

Section 23-01-07.2 - Powers and duties of the central public health laboratory

The central public health laboratory:

1. Must be maintained for the standard function of diagnostic, sanitary and chemical examinations, and production and procurement of therapeutic and biological preparations for the prevention of disease and their distribution for public health purposes.

2. Shall make bacteriological examination of bodily secretions and excretions and of waters and foods.

3. Shall make preparations and examinations of pathological tissues submitted by the state health officer, by any county superintendent of public health, or by any physician who has been regularly licensed to practice in this state.

4. Shall make all required analyses and preparations, and furnish the results thereof, as expeditiously and promptly as possible.

5. Shall cause sanitary statistics to be collected and tabulated, and cause to be ascertained by research work such methods as will lead to the improvement of the sanitation of the various parts of the state.

6. From time to time, shall cause to be issued bulletins and reports setting forth the results of the sanitary and pathological work done in the laboratories embodying all useful and important information resulting from the work carried on in the laboratories during the year.

7. Shall establish by rule a schedule of reasonable fees that may be charged for laboratory analysis. A charge may not be made for any analysis conducted in connection with a public health incident affecting an entire region, community, or neighborhood.

8. Shall establish a review process for instances in which the department of health and human services is requested to conduct an epidemiological assessment of a commercial building.

a. The epidemiological assessment must include:

(1) A statement of whether there are known environmental causes;

(2) If there are known environmental causes identified, a recommendation of how the causes can be remediated or mitigated; and

(3) If there are no known environmental causes identified, a statement that no known causes exist.

b. Costs for remediation, mitigation, and consultant services are the responsibility of the building owner. Proof of remediation of any identified environmental concern related to the epidemiological assessment is the burden of the building owner.

N.D.C.C. § 23-01-07.2

Added by S.L. 2023 , ch. 229( HB 1165 ), § 14, eff. 7/1/2023.