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All providers of the curriculum must be approved by SPICE. Once approved, providers must purchase the approved curriculum for the particular setting they are approved to teach and use the North Carolina .0206 Infection Control Curriculum in its entirety and without revisions. Please contact SPICE if you wish to become a provider of the North Carolina .0206 Infection Control Curriculum.
To find an approved course for your health care setting, to apply to become a provider, or for more information, contact:
Amy Powell, SPICE Program Coordinator
- Phone: (919) 966-3242
- Fax: (919) 843-9979
- Email: spice@unc.edu
- Mailing Address
Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
CB # 7030, 2160X Bioinformatics
130 Mason Farm Rd
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030
10A North Carolina Administrative Code 41A.0206 and .0207 (formerly 15A NCAC 19A.0206 and .0207) were approved by the North Carolina Commission for Health Services on August 5, 1992 and were originally effective October 1, 1992. Implementation of these rules required time for establishing the specific requirements and mechanics, which resulted in a delay in the effective date. By September 1, 1994, an individual in each health care organization in which invasive procedures are performed was required to have completed an approved infection control course. The Communicable Diseases Section of the North Carolina Department of Health administered this law for several years and then transferred administration to the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE) in 1999.
The original approved courses were designed by individual providers, submitted for review, and assigned a control number when approved. Approval for all those courses expired June 30, 2000. Since July 1, 2000, all approved Infection Control Courses must use the North Carolina Basic .0206 Infection Control Curriculum provided by the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE) to meet the requirements of 10A North Carolina Administrative Code 41A.0206. The curriculum was revised for individual settings in 2008 to be offered by providers approved by SPICE.
This infection control curriculum is not a substitute for the training required by the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Final Rule. Some elements of the Bloodborne Pathogen Final Rule are beyond the scope of the requirements of NCAC .0206.
All Healthcare Settings:
Outpatient Settings:
Date of last update: 4/4/11