Annual Health Directors' Legal Conference

Chapel Hill, NC
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April 22 - 23, 2026

This conference, geared toward directors of local health departments and consolidated human services agencies and the attorneys who work with them, focuses on current legal issues confronting local health departments, including significant changes and developments in state and federal law affecting both personal and environmental health programs. Participants at previous conferences learned about smoking regulation, legal issues in communicable disease control, animal control, issues with local health department medical records, and selected issues in environmental health. This course is co-sponsored by NC Association of Local Health Directors.

2025 HDLC Preliminary Agenda

CLE Value:

General	7.25 hrs
Total	7.25 hrs

Chapel Hill, NC
Dates
April 22 - 23, 2026

LocationSchool of Government
400 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Materials from previous NC Local Health Directors' Legal Conference can be found here.

2025 HDLC Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Legislative and Regulatory Update - PDF Slides
Virginia Niehaus, JD, MPH, Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, NCDHHS Division of Public Health
Jon Fowlkes, REHS, Deputy Environmental Health Section Chief, NCDHHS Division of Public Health

Understanding Local Public Health Governance in North Carolina—Past, Present, and Future* - PDF Slides
Karl Johnson, Ph.D., Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Working with DSS on Child Welfare Cases: Information Sharing and Consent to Care - PDF Slides
Kirsten Leloudis, JD, MPH, UNC School of Government

Environmental Health Update: Defense of Environmental Health Specialists; Use of Legal Remedies - PDF Slides
John Schaeffer, JD, Special Deputy Attorney General, NC Department of Justice

Legal Issues in the Public Health Response to Tropical Storm Helene
Doug Urland, MPA, Program Manager, NCDHHS Division of Public Health
Jennifer Greene, MPH, Local Health Director and CEO, AppHealthCare
Wilson Mize, REHS, On-Site Water Protection Branch Head, NCDHHS Division of Public Health
Shane Smith, REHS, Food Protection and Facilities Branch Head, NCDHHS Division of Public Health
John Schaeffer, JD, Special Deputy Attorney General, NC Department of Justice

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Artificial Intelligence: Balancing the Risks and Rewards of New Technology - PDF Slides
Kristi Nickodem, JD, UNC School of Government

Introduction to Juvenile Justice - PDF Slides
Jacqui Greene, JD, UNC School of Government

Public Health Law in 2025: Updates in a Time of Rapid Change - PDF Slides
Jill Moore, MPH, JD, UNC School of Government

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