(a)        The Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control has the following responsibilities:

(1)        To recommend to the Secretary a plan for the statewide implementation of an interagency comprehensive coordinated cancer control program;

(2)        To identify and examine the limitations and problems associated with existing laws, regulations, programs, and services related to cancer control;

(3)        To examine the financing and access to cancer control services for North Carolina’s citizens, and advise the Secretary on a coordinated and efficient use of resources;

(4)        To identify and review health promotion and disease prevention strategies relating to the leading causes of cancer mortality and morbidity;

(5)        To recommend standards for:

a.         Oversight and development of cancer control services;

b.         Development and maintenance of interagency training and technical assistance in the provision of cancer control services;

c.         Program monitoring and data collection;

d.         Statewide evaluation of locally based cancer control programs;

e.         Coordination of funding sources for cancer control programs; and

f.          Procedures for awarding grants to local agencies providing cancer control services.

(b)        The Committee shall submit a written report not later than May 1, 1994, and not later than October 1 of each subsequent year, to the Secretary. The report shall address the progress in implementation of a cancer control program. The report shall include an accounting of funds expended and anticipated funding needs for full implementation of recommended programs. ?(1993, c. 321, s. 288; 2013-360, s. 12A.9.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-33.51

  • 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
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.