- (a) The Institute shall select a site visit team composed of not fewer than three individuals. Each site visit team member shall have experience in an LHD. Together the individuals on a site visit team shall have experience in all of the following areas: health administration, environmental health, public health nursing, health education, and governance of an LHD. An individual shall not be part of a site visit team for an LHD where the individual is currently employed.
(b) The site visit team shall conduct the site visit of the LHD by:
- (1) reviewing the LHD's self-assessment; and
- (2) speaking with LHD staff and members of the LHD's BOH.
- (c) The site visit team shall assess whether the LHD has completed each activity in 10A NCAC 48D Section .0200 and prepare a written report to be shared with the Board summarizing the site visit and recommending an accreditation status based on rule 10A NCAC 48D .0101. The site visit team shall provide a copy of the report to the Institute and to the LHD within 10 business days of the conclusion of the site visit.
History Note: Authority G.S. 130A-34.1;
Eff. June 1, 2026.