The North Carolina Division of Public Health held a public hearing for proposed changes to six administrative rules. Of special interest to infection control professionals in the state are the proposed rule changes related to prenatal HIV testing and chlamydia testing. Proposed changes to the following rules are being considered.

15A NCAC 19A.0202 Prenatal HIV testing
15A NCAC 19A.0204 Chlamydia Testing
15A NCAC 19A.0401 Varicella Vaccine; Authority of State Health Director to suspend rules
15A NCAC 19A.0901/.0907 DHHS Bioregistry
15A NCAC 21A.0815/.0822 Teen Pregnancy Initiatives
15A NCAC 21H.0111 Sickle Cell Treatment

Copies of the proposed rules changes can be downloaded from www.unc.edu/depts/spice/ncrule.html. The portions of underlined texts are proposed additions; portions of struckthrough texts are proposed deletions. If they are approved by the Commission for Health Services, the effective date of these changes will be April 1, 2003.

Created 26 June 2002