North Dakota Code — 23
Browse 479 sections in division 23 of the North Dakota code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 23-01-01. Health division - Officers
- § 23-01-01.1. Department of health and human services to replace state department of
- § 23-01-01.2. State department of health designated primary state environmental
- § 23-01-02. Health council - Members, terms of office, compensation, officers,
- § 23-01-02.1. Hospital utilization committees - Internal quality assurance review
- § 23-01-03. Powers and duties of the health council
- § 23-01-03.1. Newborn metabolic and genetic disease screening tests
- § 23-01-03.2. Duties of the health council
- § 23-01-03.3. Long-term care nursing scholarship and loan repayment grant program
- § 23-01-04. Effect of rules and regulations
- § 23-01-04.1. Rulemaking authority and procedure
- § 23-01-04.2. Legislative intent - Health vaccination charges
- § 23-01-04.3. Alternative health care services pilot project - Application - Notice Hearing - Approval - Duration
- § 23-01-05. Health officer - Qualifications, salary, term, duties
- § 23-01-05.1. Organ or tissue transplant assistance administration - Standing
- § 23-01-05.2. Epinephrine prescription, distribution, possession, or use - Immunity
- § 23-01-05.3. Immunization data
- § 23-01-05.4. Department to employ state forensic examiner - Qualifications - Duties
- § 23-01-05.5. Autopsy reports, working papers, and images - Confidential - Exceptions
- § 23-01-06. Biennial report - Contents
- § 23-01-07. Structure of department
- § 23-01-07.1. Powers and duties of the public health division
- § 23-01-07.2. Powers and duties of the central public health laboratory
- § 23-01-07.3. Surge staffing
- § 23-01-08. Directors of divisions - Deputy - Appointment, salary, duties
- § 23-01-08.1. Criminal history background checks
- § 23-01-09. Duties of director of consolidated laboratories branch
- § 23-01-09.1. Duties of state toxicologist
- § 23-01-10. Office space
- § 23-01-11. Acceptance of funds and right to qualify for benefits under federal laws
- § 23-01-12. Hospital records to be kept at direction of department
- § 23-01-13. Blood plasma - Obtaining, storing, and distributing
- § 23-01-14. Department of health and human services authorized to transfer future
- § 23-01-15. Research studies confidential - Penalty
- § 23-01-16. Dairy products - Joint standards
- § 23-01-17. Noise harmful to health and safety - Power to regulate - Hearings - Appeal Penalty - Injunction
- § 23-01-18. State department of health responsible for control of rabies
- § 23-01-19. Extermination of rabies
- § 23-01-20. Traumatic head injury defined
- § 23-01-21. Central registry of traumatic head injury - Establishment - Reports
- § 23-01-22. Department to employ waste management facility inspectors
- § 23-01-23. Permit or investigatory hearings - Exemption from chapters 28-32 and
- § 23-01-24. Health care cost and quality review program - Penalty
- § 23-01-25. Commercial feed, insecticide, fungicide, rodenticide, fertilizer, and soil
- § 23-01-26. Department - Indirect cost recoveries
- § 23-01-27. Donated dental services program
- § 23-01-28. Combined purchasing with local public health units - Continuing
- § 23-01-29. Bone marrow donor education
- § 23-01-30. Zoning regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations - Central
- § 23-01-31. North Dakota health information technology steering committee
- § 23-01-32. Viral hepatitis program - Vaccination - Study
- § 23-01-33. Human papilloma virus - Information
- § 23-01-34. Children with special health care needs - Program administration
- § 23-01-35. Tattooing, body piercing, branding, subdermal implants, or scarification License - Fee - Adoption of rules - Exemptions - Injury reports - Penalty
- § 23-01-36. Appeal from permit proceedings
- § 23-01-37. Survey program - Health care facilities construction or renovation projects Innovation waivers - Continuing appropriation
- § 23-01-38. Electronic drug prior authorization and transmission - Limitations
- § 23-01-39. Immunization program - Provider choice - Purchasing
- § 23-01-40. Diabetes goals and plans - Report to legislative management
- § 23-01-41. Autism spectrum disorder database - Rulemaking - Confidentiality
- § 23-01-42. Opioid antagonist prescription, distribution, possession, or use - Immunity
- § 23-01-43. Mammogram results
- § 23-01-44. Syringe or needle exchange program - Authorization
- § 23-06-01. Right to dispose of one's own body
- § 23-06-01.1. Immunity from liability
- § 23-06-01.2. Application of other laws
- § 23-06-02. Custody of body
- § 23-06-03. Duty of final disposition - Final disposition of individuals who are indigent Decedent's instructions
- § 23-06-03.1. Payments on pre-need funeral contracts to be deposited - Depository
- § 23-06-04. Time within which final disposition must be made - Exceptions
- § 23-06-05. Failure to dispose within required time - Penalty
- § 23-06-06. Neglect of final disposition - Penalty
- § 23-06-07. Regulation of final disposition - Issuance of final disposition-transit permit
- § 23-06-08. Final disposition-transit permit - Contents
- § 23-06-09. Disposition of final disposition-transit permit
- § 23-06-10. Sextons to endorse and return final disposition-transit permit - Record of
- § 23-06-11. Burial without final disposition-transit permit - Penalty
- § 23-06-12. Transporting body without final disposition-transit permit
- § 23-06-13. Dissection - When allowed
- § 23-06-14. What bodies may be used for dissection
- § 23-06-15. When body not to be used for dissection
- § 23-06-16. Bond given by person receiving body
- § 23-06-17. Bodies required to be buried or cremated after being dissected
- § 23-06-18. Dissection - Removal of body - Sale - Penalty
- § 23-06-19. Interference with burial of dead limb or member of body - Penalty
- § 23-06-20. Where body may be buried
- § 23-06-21. Regulation of cemeteries
- § 23-06-21.1. Title to burial plots reverts after sixty years - Procedure - Abandonment
- § 23-06-22. Sexton - Term of office, records, duties
- § 23-06-23. Department to enforce regulation of cemeteries - Injunction
- § 23-06-24. Unlawful removal of dead body - Penalty
- § 23-06-24.1. Endangered gravesites - County action authorized
- § 23-06-25. When body may be removed from cemetery - Penalty for failure to remove
- § 23-06-26. Purchasing body forbidden - Penalty
- § 23-06-27. Protection of human burial sites, human remains, and burial goods Unlawful acts - Penalties - Exceptions
- § 23-06-28. Arresting or attaching dead body - Penalty
- § 23-06-29. Penalty for violating provisions relating to dissections and general penalty
- § 23-06-30. Abandoned cemeteries to be maintained by counties
- § 23-06-31. Cremation or other lawful disposition of a body - Authorization document Immunity
- § 23-07-01. Department - Collection of public health information
- § 23-07-01.1. Reporting of physical or mental disorders
- § 23-07-01.2. Rules
- § 23-07-02. Who to report reportable diseases
- § 23-07-02.1. Reports of human immunodeficiency virus infection - Penalty
- § 23-07-02.2. Confidentiality of reports
- § 23-07-02.3. Emergency reporting
- § 23-07-03. Report of cases of sexually transmitted disease
- § 23-07-04. Report of reportable disease by township board of health
- § 23-07-05. Local health officers to report reportable disease to department of health
- § 23-07-06. Contagious or infectious diseases - Power of local board of health to
- § 23-07-07. Sexually transmitted diseases - Additional powers and duties of health
- § 23-07-07.1. Blood sample of pregnant woman must be submitted for serological test
- § 23-07-07.2. Definitions
- § 23-07-07.3. Certificates reporting births and stillbirths to state whether blood test
- § 23-07-07.4. Penalty
- § 23-07-07.5. Testing of inmates and convicted individuals for exposure to the human
- § 23-07-07.6. Report of testing result of imprisoned individuals
- § 23-07-08. Persons in prison examined and treated for sexually transmitted diseases
- § 23-07-09. Sexually transmitted diseases - Persons isolated in prison - Exceptions
- § 23-07-10. Preventing infant blindness - Duty of physician or midwife
- § 23-07-11. Duty of parent to report to health officer
- § 23-07-12. Health officer to place reported infant in charge of physician
- § 23-07-12.1. Limitations on requirements to wear a mask
- § 23-07-13. Contagious or infectious diseases - Local board may establish temporary
- § 23-07-14. Contagious or infectious diseases - Local board may destroy or disinfect
- § 23-07-15. Removal of individual with reportable disease or condition - Removal of
- § 23-07-16. Child having contagious or infectious disease prohibited from attending
- § 23-07-16.1. School district to adopt policy relating to significant contagious diseases
- § 23-07-17. Vaccination or inoculation not required for admission to any school or for
- § 23-07-17.1. Inoculation required before admission to school
- § 23-07-18. Physician to report death from contagious or infectious disease to local
- § 23-07-19. Appropriation made on report showing action necessary to prevent spread
- § 23-07-20. Board of county commissioners may appropriate money to prevent the
- § 23-07-20.1. Disclosure of records
- § 23-07-21. Penalties
- § 23-07-22. Suicide fatality review commission
- § 23-09-01. Definitions
- § 23-09-02. Department to enforce provisions of chapter
- § 23-09-02.1. Smoke detection devices or other approved alarm systems Administrative procedure and judicial review
- § 23-09-03. Exiting requirements
- § 23-09-04. Fire escapes in hotels and lodginghouses not more than two stories high
- § 23-09-05. Fire escapes to be kept clear - Notice of location and use of fire escapes
- § 23-09-06. Chemical fire extinguishers - Standpipes
- § 23-09-07. Lodging establishments or assisted living facilities with elevators Protection to prevent spread of fire
- § 23-09-08. Bolts or locks to be supplied on doors of sleeping rooms
- § 23-09-09. Sanitation and safety
- § 23-09-10. Drinking water standards
- § 23-09-11. Inspection - Reports
- § 23-09-12. Certificate of inspection - When issued - Posting
- § 23-09-13. False certificate - Penalty
- § 23-09-14. Department to report to state fire marshal
- § 23-09-15. Obstructing inspection - Penalty
- § 23-09-16. License - Application
- § 23-09-16.1. License renewal
- § 23-09-17. License fees
- § 23-09-18. Failure to comply with chapter - Notice - How served
- § 23-09-19. State's attorney to prosecute violation
- § 23-09-20. Requirements of fireproof hotel - Penalty for false advertising
- § 23-09-20.1. Guest record
- § 23-09-21. Penalty - General
- § 23-09-22. License canceled
- § 23-09-23. Exemption for bed and breakfast facilities
- § 23-09-24. Salvaged food - License required
- § 23-10-01. Definitions
- § 23-10-02. Department to make regulations - Compliance
- § 23-10-02.1. Department authorized to accept local enforcement and inspection
- § 23-10-03. License required - Application
- § 23-10-04. Inspection
- § 23-10-05. License fees
- § 23-10-06. License issuance
- § 23-10-06.1. License renewal
- § 23-10-06.2. License transferability
- § 23-10-07. Sanitation and safety
- § 23-10-07.1. Service fees
- § 23-10-08. Sickness in motor or trailer courts - Penalty for failure to report
- § 23-10-09. Occupancy record
- § 23-10-10. Posting rules and regulations
- § 23-10-10.1. Requirement of emergency response procedures
- § 23-10-11. Ejection from premises
- § 23-10-12. Revocation or suspension of license - Penalty for operating without license
- § 23-10-13. Change in use or closure of mobile home park
- § 23-10-14. Mobile home security deposit
- § 23-11-01. Definitions
- § 23-11-02. Creation of housing authorities
- § 23-11-03. When resolution declaring housing authority to be necessary shall be
- § 23-11-04. When authority conclusively deemed established
- § 23-11-05. Commissioners of authority - Appointment, qualifications, tenure,
- § 23-11-06. Chairman of commissioners of authority, appointment - Vice chairman,
- § 23-11-07. Powers of commissioners of authority
- § 23-11-08. Employees of authority - Duty of city and state's attorney - Legal assistants
- § 23-11-09. Commissioner or employee may not have interest in housing project or
- § 23-11-10. Removal of commissioners
- § 23-11-11. Powers of authority
- § 23-11-12. Rentals to be at lowest possible rate - Authority not to be operated for
- § 23-11-13. Rentals - How fixed by authority
- § 23-11-14. Rentals and tenant selection
- § 23-11-15. Right of authority to vest certain rights in obligee not restricted
- § 23-11-16. Cooperation between authorities
- § 23-11-16.1. Dissolution of city housing authorities authorized - Procedure - Effect
- § 54-40-08. Upon the adoption of such a resolution the city authority shall cease to exist, except
- § 23-11-17. Eminent domain - Exercise of power
- § 23-11-18. Planning, zoning, and building laws
- § 23-11-19. Bonds - Issued pursuant to resolution - General provisions
- § 23-11-20. Bonds - Types which may be issued
- § 23-11-21. Bonds - Liability - Tax exempt
- § 23-11-22. Sale of bonds
- § 23-11-23. Bonds - Validity when officer who signs bond is no longer in office Deemed issued for housing project
- § 23-11-24. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages
- § 23-11-25. Certification of attorney general as to legality of bonds
- § 23-11-26. Rights and remedies of an obligee of authority
- § 23-11-27. Additional remedies conferrable by authority on obligee
- § 23-11-28. Exemption of real property from execution sale
- § 23-11-29. Tax exemptions and payments in lieu of taxes
- § 23-11-30. Reports
- § 23-11-31. Houses for workers in national defense and veterans
- § 23-11-32. Cooperation with federal government
- § 23-11-33. Municipalities may cooperate
- § 23-11-34. Powers of housing authority
- § 23-11-35. Definitions
- § 23-11-36. Powers not limited
- § 23-12-01. Disinfection of secondhand goods
- § 23-12-02. Penalty for not disinfecting secondhand goods
- § 23-12-03. Use of public drinking cup prohibited - Penalty
- § 23-12-04. Permission to establish hospital in residence block of city required
- § 23-12-05. Advertising certain cures and drugs and specialization prohibited - Penalty
- § 23-12-06. Injury to public health - Penalty
- § 23-12-07. Violation of health laws - General penalty
- § 23-12-08. Emergency medical service authorized
- § 23-12-09. Smoking in public places and places of employment - Definitions
- § 23-12-10. Smoking restrictions - Exceptions - Retaliation - Application
- § 23-12-10.1. Responsibility of proprietors
- § 23-12-10.2. Complaints and enforcement - City and county ordinances and home rule
- § 23-12-10.3. Exceptions - Medical necessity
- § 23-12-10.4. Responsibility of proprietors - Reimbursement of costs of compliance
- § 23-12-10.5. Construction and severability
- § 23-12-11. Penalty
- § 23-12-12. Federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 applicable in North
- § 23-12-13. Individuals authorized to provide informed consent to health care for
- § 23-12-14. Copies of medical records and medical bills
- § 23-12-15. State agency provision of medical equipment - Policy for reuse, recycling,
- § 23-12-16. Right to breastfeed
- § 23-12-17. Workplace breastfeeding policies - Infant friendly designation
- § 23-12-18. Medical facility and provider performance reviews and ratings - Notice
- § 23-12-19. Voluntary participation in the health information organization - Prohibition
- § 23-12-20. COVID-19 vaccination and infection information
- § 23-12-21. International health regulations
- § 23-12-22. Vaccine adverse event data - Website
- § 23-12-23. Required vaccine - Opt-out procedure
- § 23-13-01. Definitions
- § 23-13-02. Sale of motor fuels - Regulations for handling and dispensing
- § 23-13-02.1. Definitions
- § 23-13-02.2. Operation of self-service motor fuel dispensing unit
- § 23-13-02.3. Requirements for the operation of self-service motor fuel dispensing
- § 23-13-02.4. Self-service units to be equipped with emergency power cutoff
- § 23-13-02.5. Self-service motor fuel dispensing units to be in view of attendant Exception
- § 23-13-02.6. Prohibited activities
- § 23-13-02.7. Plans and specifications
- § 23-13-03. Penalty
- § 23-13-03.1. Definitions
- § 23-13-03.2. Liquefied petroleum gas containers - Unauthorized use - Prohibited
- § 23-13-03.3. Unauthorized possession - Presumptive evidence
- § 23-13-03.4. Exemption
- § 23-13-03.5. Penalty
- § 23-13-04. Doors of public buildings - Construction
- § 23-13-05. Penalty for failure to construct doors of public buildings as required
- § 23-13-06. Owner of land to fill abandoned or disused wells, shafts, and other
- § 23-13-07. Overseer of highways to fill wells on state and school lands Compensation
- § 23-13-08. Failure of owner to protect mine or well - Duty of overseer
- § 23-13-09. North Dakota state safety committee - Members
- § 23-13-10. State safety committee - Meetings - Purpose
- § 23-13-11. County safety council or director
- § 23-13-12. Handrail in toilet stalls
- § 23-13-13. Buildings and facilities constructed or remodeled after effective date to
- § 23-13-14. Sale of metal beverage containers having detachable parts prohibited Penalty
- § 23-13-15. Smoke detection systems for residential rental property - Penalty
- § 23-13-16. Aboveground storage tanks permitted - Limitations
- § 23-15-01. Fireworks defined - Sale of fireworks
- § 23-15-02. Sale of fireworks prohibited
- § 23-15-03. Public display of fireworks permitted by municipality or fair association
- § 23-15-04. Exceptions
- § 23-15-05. State fire marshal or sheriff to seize all fireworks or combustibles
- § 23-15-06. General penalty
- § 23-16-01. Licensure of medical hospitals and state hospitals
- § 23-16-01.1. Moratorium on expansion of long-term care bed capacity
- § 23-16-02. Existing medical hospitals
- § 23-16-03. Application for license - License fee
- § 23-16-04. Licenses
- § 23-16-05. Inspections, consultations, and approval of plans
- § 23-16-06. Authority to issue, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses
- § 23-16-07. Not applicable to certain laws
- § 23-16-08. Offering or advertising to dispose of infants prohibited
- § 23-16-08.1. Access to pharmacist
- § 23-16-09. Information confidential
- § 23-16-10. Appeal
- § 23-16-11. Penalties
- § 23-16-12. Injunction
- § 23-16-13. Appropriation
- § 23-16-14. Participation in abortion - Not mandatory
- § 23-16-15. Umbilical cord blood donation
- § 23-16-16. Treatment of victims of sexual assault