§ 110-92. Duties of State and local agencies.
§ 110‑92. Duties ofState and local agencies.
When requested by an operatorof a child care center or by the Secretary, it shall be the duty of local anddistrict health departments to visit and inspect a child care center todetermine whether the center complies with the health and sanitation standardsrequired by this Article and with the minimum sanitation standards adopted asrules by the Commission for Public Health as authorized by G.S. 110‑91(1),and to submit written reports on these visits or inspections to the Departmenton forms approved and provided by the Department of Environment and NaturalResources.
When requested by an operatorof a child care center or by the Secretary, it shall be the duty of thebuilding inspector, fire prevention inspector, or fireman employed by localgovernment, or any fireman having jurisdiction, or other officials or personnelof local government to visit and inspect a child care center for the purposesspecified in this Article, including plans for evacuation of the premises andprotection of children in case of fire, and to report on these visits orinspections in writing to the Secretary so that these reports may serve as thebasis for action or decisions by the Secretary or Department as authorized bythis Article. (1971,c. 803, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, ss. 128, 138; 1975, c. 879, s. 15; 1985, c. 757, s.155(j); 1987, c. 543, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 31; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c.1024, s. 21; 1991, c. 273, s. 6; 1997‑443, s. 11A.45; 1997‑506, s.9; 2007‑182, s. 2.)