Position Statements
Position statements are policy documents to clarify how to interpret or enforce a law or rule. They are not enforceable on their own, but are intended to
promote uniform interpretation and enforcement of the underlying law or rule.
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Environmental Health - Added 09/13/24
Food Protection and Facilities - Updated 09/13/24
Food Protection Program
- Act to
Allow Food Stands to Provide Tables and Chairs for Customers to use while Consuming
Drinks or Food upon the Premises (PDF, 66 KB)
- Bed and
Breakfast Homes: Changes in Definition and On-site Wastewater Treatment System
Requirements (PDF, 190 KB)
- Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Certified
Food Protection Manager Implementation (PDF, 261 KB)
- Cooking
Schools: When is a cooking school exempt and when is a food establishment permit
required? (PDF, 65 KB)
- Cultivated
Mushrooms in North Carolina Food Establishments (PDF, 91 KB)
- Design Daily
Sewage Flow for a Food Establishment Served by an Onsite Wastewater Treatment and
Dispersal System (PDF, 282 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage
Flow for Mobile Food Units, Pushcarts and their Commissaries served by an On-site
Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 246 KB)
- Donated Food
(PDF, 93 KB)
- Electrolyzed
Water, Electrochemically Activated Water, and Electro-Activated Water Generated
On-Site (PDF, 338 KB)
- Expanded
Food Service for Pushcarts or Mobile Food Units (PDF, 103 KB)
- Food and
Beverage Jurisdiction Chart (PDF, 149 KB)
- Food Protection and
Facilities Branch Correspondence (PDF, 244 KB)
- HACCP Plan Review
for Franchised or Chain Food Establishments (PDF, 193 KB)
- HACCP/Variance
Verification and Enforcement Guidance (PDF, 76 KB)
- Limited Food Services at
Lodging Facilities (PDF, 153 KB)
- Mobile Food Unit
Commissaries (PDF, 73 KB)
- NSF/ANSI
Standards and Requirements for Barbecue Cookers (PDF, 264 KB)
- Updated
Outdoor Grills at Food Establishments (PDF, 368 KB)
- Packaged Food (PDF,
128 KB)
- Packaged Foods and
Labeling in Food Establishments (PDF, 328 KB)
- Permit and
Transitional Permit Guidance (PDF, 104 KB)
- Raw Eggs in Food
Establishments Serving a Highly Susceptible Population (PDF, 74 KB)
- Revised Marking
Instructions (PDF, 26 KB)
- Shared-Use
Kitchen Guidance (PDF, 260 KB)
- Use of Power
Tools in Temporary Food Establishments (TFE) (PDF, 325 KB)
- Warewashing
Facilities in Existing Food Establishments and Guidance for New Permits (PDF,
189 KB)
- Wastewater
Permit Exemption for Small-Scale Processing of Agricultural Products (PDF, 186
KB)
- Wild
Foraged Mushrooms in North Carolina Food Establishments (PDF, 162 KB)
- Session Law
2024-49: Liability and Q&A (PDF, 411 KB)
Inspections, Statistics, and Fees Program
Plan Review Unit
Pools, Tattoos, and State Institutions
On-Site Water Protection - Updated 09/13/24
On-Site Wastewater Program
- Approved Configuration
for Prefabricated Permeable Panel Block Systems (PPPBS) (PDF, 86 KB)
- Bed and
Breakfast Homes: Changes in Definition and On-site Wastewater Treatment System
Requirements (PDF, 190 KB)
- Bored Wells
Considered to be Cased Wells (Minimum horizontal separation distance between bored
wells and ground absorption sewage treatment and disposal systems) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Certification
Requirements for Contractors Who Install or Repair Grease Traps, Tanks, Interceptors
or Separators (PDF, 275 KB)
- Design Daily
Sewage Flow for a Food Establishment Served by an Onsite Wastewater Treatment and
Dispersal System (PDF, 282 KB)
- Design Daily Sewage
Flow for Mobile Food Units, Pushcarts and their Commissaries served by an On-site
Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System (PDF, 246 KB)
- Expanded
Design Daily Flow Exemption for Low-Flow Design Alternatives for Wastewater
Systems (PDF, 71 KB)
- Implementation
of Session Law 2018-114 (HB 374) Sections 9-12 Provisions (PDF, 478 KB); Soil/Site
Evaluation for On-Site Wastewater System (PDF, 209 KB)
- Updated 09/12/22: Implementation of Session Law
2022-11 (PDF, 1 MB)
- Updated 07/14/23: Implementation
of Session Law 2023-90(PDF, 1.048 MB); GS130A-335(a2) Common
Form - Fillable(PDF, 718 KB); Common Form Application
- Fillable(PDF, 455 KB)
- Low-Flow Design
Alternatives for Wastewater Systems (PDF, 151 KB)
- Residential
Wastewater Systems (RWTS) Operator Requirements (Revision) (PDF, 290 KB)
- Session
Law (S.L.) 2015-147: Amendments to Rules: 15A NCAC 18A .1945(b), 15A NCAC 18A
.1956(7)(d), Repeal of Rule: 15A NCAC 18A .1956(6)(c) (PDF, 292 KB)
- Validity
of Wastewater System Authorization to Construct (AC) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Wastewater
Permit Exemption for Small-Scale Processing of Agricultural Products (PDF, 186
KB)
- Wastewater
System Permit Extension (PDF, 293 KB)
- Session Law
2024-49: Liability and Q&A (PDF, 411 KB)
- Session Law 2024-49 (S166) - Additional Changes to 18E (PDF, 355 KB)
Private Drinking Water Wells Program
Children's Environmental Health Branch - Updated 09/13/24
