Info/Guidance for Health Care Providers
Guidance and information for various health care settings and services from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Important Update: COVID-19 Statewide Standing Orders Expired Dec. 31, 2024
The COVID-19 Statewide Standing Orders (SWSOs) authorized under North Carolina Session Law 2022-74, Sec. 9G.7.(a)-(e) (PDF) and extended under Session Law 2023-65, Sec. 9G.7 (PDF), expired Dec. 31, 2024. Read the memo (PDF).
General Guidance
Accessibility
- Accessibility Tips, Tricks and FAQs (Spanish)
- Advancing Equity through Language, Communication and Physical Access (Spanish)
- Accessibility at Drive-Thru Medical Sites
- Historically Marginalized Populations Engagement Toolkit
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 Rehabilitation Act (RA) Protections during COVID-19
Long-Term Care Facilities
Regional Infection Prevention Teams
- RIPS Team Program Overview
- Comprehensive RIPS ICAR
- Environmental Rounds Tool - for use in small family care/group homes
Pregnancy and Child Health
- COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics
- CDC Pediatric Healthcare Providers Caring for Children
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Vaccines
General Guidance
- Coadministration of the COVID-19 Vaccine (Sept. 24, 2021)
- Learn About NCIR
Statewide Standing Orders for Vaccine Administration
Moderna Vaccines
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for 6 Months-11 Years (Expired as of Dec. 31, 2024)
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for 12 Years and Older (Expired as of Dec. 31, 2024)
Pfizer Vaccines
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for 6 Months-11 Years (Expired as of Dec. 31, 2024)
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for 12 Years and Older (Expired as of Dec. 31, 2024)
Novavax Vaccine
- Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for 12 Years and Older (Expired as of Dec. 31, 2024)