10A NCAC 23C .0203
(a) Every month, each county department of social services and the Disability Determination Section (DDS) of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation shall process applications as follows:
(4) PPT standard for DDS: DDS must render a decision within 70 days on 85 percent of cases for Level I counties and 90 percent of cases for Level II and III counties. For county levels refer to the table below.
| COUNTY LEVELS | |||
| ALAMANCE (II) | CUMBERLAND (III) | JOHNSTON (II) | RANDOLPH (II) |
| ALEXANDER (I) | CURRITUCK (I) | JONES (I) | RICHMOND (I) |
| ALLEGHANY (I) | DARE (I) | LEE (I) | ROBESON (II) |
| ANSON (I) | DAVIDSON (II) | LENOIR (II) | ROCKINGHAM (II) |
| ASHE (I) | DAVIE (I) | LINCOLN (I) | ROWAN (II) |
| AVERY (I) | DUPLIN (II) | MACON (I) | RUTHERFORD (II) |
| BEAUFORT (II) | DURHAM (III) | MADISON (I) | SAMPSON (II) |
| BERTIE (I) | EDGECOMBE (II) | MARTIN (I) | SCOTLAND (II) |
| BLADEN (I) | FORSYTH (III) | MCDOWELL (I) | STANLY (I) |
| BRUNSWICK (II) | FRANKLIN (I) | MECKLENBURG (III) | STOKES (I) |
| BUNCOMBE (III) | GASTON (III) | MITCHELL (I) | SURRY (II) |
| BURKE (II) | GATES (I) | MONTGOMERY (I) | SWAIN (I) |
| CABARRUS (II) | GRAHAM (I) | MOORE (II) | TRANSYLVANIA (I) |
| CALDWELL (II) | GRANVILLE (I) | NASH (II) | TYRRELL (I) |
| CAMDEN (I) | GREENE (I) | NEW HANOVER (III) | UNION (II) |
| CARTERET (II) | GUILFORD (III) | NORTHAMPTON (I) | VANCE (II) |
| CASWELL (I) | HALIFAX (II) | ONSLOW (II) | WAKE (III) |
| CATAWBA (III) | HARNETT(II) | ORANGE (II) | WARREN (I) |
| CHATHAM (I) | HAYWOOD (II) | PAMLICO (I) | WASHINGTON (I) |
| CHEROKEE (I) | HENDERSON (II) | PASQUOTANK (I) | WATAUGA (I) |
| CHOWAN (I) | HERTFORD (I) | PENDER (I) | WAYNE (II) |
| CLAY (I) | HOKE (I) | PERQUIMANS (I) | WILKES (II) |
| CLEVELAND (II) | HYDE (I) | PERSON (I) | WILSON (II) |
| COLUMBUS (II) | IREDELL (II) | PITT (II) | YADKIN (I) |
| CRAVEN (II) | JACKSON (I) | POLK (I) | YANCEY (I) |
(c) Failure to meet the time standards in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, monthly shall result in corrective action to alleviate problems as outlined in Rules .0204 and .0205 of this Section. Once eligibility is determined except for the following requirements:
History Note: Authority G.S. 108A-54; Alexander v. Bruton, U.S.D.C., File No. C-C-74-183-M, Consent Order dismissed effective February 1, 2002;
Temporary Adoption Eff. March 1, 2003;
Eff. August 1, 2004;
Transferred from 10A NCAC 21A .0606 Eff. May 1, 2012;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 23, 2016;
Amended Eff. March 1, 2020.