The following definitions shall apply in this Part:

(1)        Department. – The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health.

(2)        HEPA Standards. – The National Institute on Out-of-School Time Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards.

(3)        Out-of-school time program. – Any nonlicensed program provided to children and youth ages 17 and under that is currently exempt from N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-91 or any other qualified out-of-school time programs that serve school-age children outside of regular school hours, including before school and on weekends.

(4)        Program attendee. – A person enrolled in an exempt out-of-school time program.

(5)        Screen time. – Time spent viewing or working on television, videos, computers, or handheld devices, with or without Internet access. ?(2016-94, s. 12E.2(b).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-131.31

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3