Across North Carolina, hundreds of people serve their communities by taking on positions as members of their local board of health. Local Boards of Health in North Carolina is a new resource from the UNC School of Government that aims to provide these public servants with the information that they need to understand and execute their powers and duties effectively and lawfully. This book can also be a helpful resource for local health directors, county attorneys, county commissioners, county managers, and others working in public health. Among other topics, this book includes an overview of the governmental public health system, differences in local public health organizational and governance models, the legal powers and duties of local boards of health in North Carolina, the services and programs delivered by local health departments, and the role of the local health director.

This book is the second in a three-part series from the UNC School of Government that also includes Local Social Services Boards in North Carolina by Kristi A. Nickodem and a forthcoming book for consolidated human services boards.