The Food, Lodging and Institution section
of the Environmental Health Department
is responsible for permitting and inspecting
restaurants, foodstands, mobile food units,
pushcarts, meat markets, elderly nutrition
sites, school lunchrooms, school buildings,
lodging places, bed and breakfast places,
hospitals, rest and nursing homes, child
and adult day care, residential care, jails,
boarding schools, orphanages, swimming
pools, spas, summer camps and tattoo parlors.
Each type of establishment operates under
a set of rules formulated by the North
Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources. You may find these rules
here: DEH
Administrative Rules.