§ 143-300.8. Defense of local sanitarians. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 143‑300.8.  Defense oflocal sanitarians.

Any local health departmentsanitarian enforcing rules of the Commission for Public Health or of theEnvironmental Management Commission under the supervision of the Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources pursuant to G.S. 130A‑4 shall bedefended by the Attorney General, subject to the provisions of G.S. 143‑300.4,and shall be protected from liability in accordance with the provisions of thisArticle in any civil or criminal action or proceeding brought against thesanitarian in his official or individual capacity, or both, on account of anact done or omission made in the scope and course of enforcing the rules of theCommission for Public Health or of the Environmental Management Commission. TheDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources shall pay any judgment againstthe sanitarian, or any settlement made on his behalf, subject to the provisionsof G.S. 143‑300.6. (1987, c. 654, s. 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 219(36); 1997‑443,s. 11A.96; 2006‑202, s. 7; 2007‑182, s. 2.)