10A NCAC 48c .0203      BOARD ACTION

(a)  The site visit team shall present the report required by Rule .0202(c) of this Subchapter to the Board at the Board's next regularly scheduled meeting. The LHD shall have an opportunity to respond to the presentation.

(b)  For each LHD site visit team report that is presented, the Board shall:

(1)           assign the LHD an accreditation status in accordance with 10A NCAC 48D .0101; or

(2)           defer assignment of an accreditation status in order to request additional information from the LHD.

(c)  The Board may defer the assignment of accreditation status under Paragraph (b)(2) of this Rule by no more than six months.

(d)  The Board's assignment of an accreditation status is effective the first day of the month following the date of Board action.

(e)  An accreditation status of accredited shall expire four years from the last day of the month in which the Board assigned the accreditation status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an LHD's last accreditation status was accredited and the Board defers assigning a new accreditation status under Paragraph (b)(2) of this Rule, the LHD's accreditation status shall remain accredited until the Board assigns a new accreditation status.

(f)  If a state of emergency declaration has been issued under G.S. 166A-19.3(19), a disaster declaration has been issued under G.S. 166A-19.3(3), or a disaster declaration has been made by the President of the United States under 44 C.F.R. Part 206, Subpart B naming all or part of an LHD's jurisdiction and the jurisdiction has an accreditation of status of "accredited," the Board may extend the LHD's accreditation status by up to 90 days following the end of the declaration.

(g)  An accreditation status of conditionally accredited shall expire as set out in G.S. 130A-34.1(g)(2).

(h)  The Board shall provide written notice to the LHD of any action taken under this Rule within 5 business days of the action.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A-34.1;

Eff. June 1, 2026.