There is established the Minority Health Advisory Council in the Department. The Council shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(1)        To make recommendations to the Governor and the Secretary aimed at improving the health status of North Carolina’s minority populations;

(2)        To identify and examine the limitations and problems associated with existing laws, regulations, programs and services related to the health status of North Carolina’s minority populations;

(3)        To examine the financing and access to health services for North Carolina’s minority populations;

(4)        To identify and review health promotion and disease prevention strategies relating to the leading causes of death and disability among minority populations; and

(5)        To advise the Governor and the Secretary upon any matter which the Governor or Secretary may refer to it. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 166; 1997-443, s. 11A.73.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-33.43

  • 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