§ 23-01-07.2 — Powers and duties of the central public health laboratory

North Dakota § 23-01-07.2

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-01: Health Division

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The central public health laboratory:
1. Must be maintained for the standard function of diagnostic, sanitary and chemical
examinations, and production and procurement of therapeutic and biological
preparations for the prevention of disease and their distribution for public health
purposes.
2. Shall make bacteriological examination of bodily secretions and excretions and of
waters and foods.
3. Shall make preparations and examinations of pathological tissues submitted by the
state health officer, by any county superintendent of public health, or by any physician
who has been regularly licensed to practice in this state.
4. Shall make all required analyses and preparations, and furnish the results thereof, as
expeditiously and promptly as possible.

5. Shall cause sanitary statistics to be collected and tabulated, and cause to be
ascertained by research work such methods as will lead to the improvement of the
sanitation of the various parts of the state.
6. From time to time, shall cause to be issued bulletins and reports setting forth the
results of the sanitary and pathological work done in the laboratories embodying all
useful and important information resulting from the work carried on in the laboratories
during the year.
7. Shall establish by rule a schedule of reasonable fees that may be charged for
laboratory analysis. A charge may not be made for any analysis conducted in
connection with a public health incident affecting an entire region, community, or
neighborhood.
8. Shall establish a review process for instances in which the department of health and
human services is requested to conduct an epidemiological assessment of a
commercial building.
a. The epidemiological assessment must include:
(1) A statement of whether there are known environmental causes;
(2) If there are known environmental causes identified, a recommendation of
how the causes can be remediated or mitigated; and
(3) If there are no known environmental causes identified, a statement that no
known causes exist.
b. Costs for remediation, mitigation, and consultant services are the responsibility of
the building owner. Proof of remediation of any identified environmental concern
related to the epidemiological assessment is the burden of the building owner.