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Complaint Summary and Enforcement Action Status (Updated Weekly)

Each week a summary report is posted on this page that includes the status of enforcement actions (first available with the February 7, 2010 summary report), recorded requests for information, and reported complaint data on potential noncompliance with the N.C. Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars law. Reported complaint dates details are shared with local health departments, which are authorized to enforce the law with businesses. Please keep in mind that a complaint is not a confirmed violation of the law.

Summary Report: December 18, 2017 - December 24, 2017

Reports:

Status of Enforcement Actions in Response to Non-Compliance with the North Carolina Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars Law (S.L. 2009-27)

County Business Name Street Address Date of Enforcement Action* Status of Enforcement
N/A: None to report from 12/18/17 - 12/24/17

All reported violations of the law as listed above (those establishments receiving official warning letters or administrative penalty letters) were verified and documented by the county's Local Health Department. Local Health Departments may inspect businesses for violations without a complaint.

* Date of Enforcement Action - Date of the written notice of violation sent to the establishment by the local health director.

 NOTE: Violation(s) of the law by the business has the following penalties:

  • First Violation: Written notice to the person named in violation and advisement of action to be taken in the event of subsequent violations. 
  • Second Violation: Written notice to the person named in violation and advisement of administrative penalties to be imposed for third and subsequent violations. 
  • Third and Subsequent Violations: Administrative penalty of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) to the person named in violation. Each day on which a violation of this law or rules occurs may be considered a separate and distinct violation.

 


DHHS, Website, and Complaint Totals

Data Type and Date Range Totals
Weekly statewide number of complaints reporting a business with a potential violation of the law (Dates: 12/18/17 - 12/24/17). 1†
Weekly statewide number of businesses named in one or more complaint(s) of a potential violation of the law (Dates: 12/18/17 - 12/24/17). 1†

NOTE: Once there are validated violations of the law, the details will be posted per county on this website, including the name and address of the business that is not in compliance. 

Secondhand smoke is a serious public health hazard, and the public has the right to know which businesses are not in compliance. 

A reported complaint is not necessarily a violation until it has been validated by the Local Health Department.


Number of Complaints and Number of Businesses Named in Complaints Per County

County Weekly Number of Complaints Number of Businesses Named In Complaints
Alamance 0 0
Alexander 0 0
Alleghany 0 0
Anson 0 0
Ashe 0 0
Avery 0 0
Beaufort 0 0
Bertie 0 0
Bladen 0 0
Brunswick 0 0
Buncombe 0 0
Burke 0 0
Cabarrus 0 0
Caldwell 0 0
Camden 0 0
Carteret 0 0
Caswell 0 0
Catawba 0 0
Chatham 0 0
Cherokee 0 0
Chowan 0 0
Clay 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Columbus 0 0
Craven 0 0
Cumberland 0 0
Currituck 0 0
Dare 0 0
Davidson 0 0
Davie 0 0
Duplin 0 0
Durham 0 0
Edgecombe 0 0
Forsyth 0 0
Franklin 0 0
Gaston 0 0
Gates 0 0
Graham 0 0
Granville 0 0
Greene 0 0
Guilford 0 0
Halifax 0 0
Harnett 0 0
Haywood 0 0
Henderson 0 0
Hertford 0 0
Hoke 0 0
Hyde 0 0
Iredell 0 0
Jackson 0 0
Johnston 0 0
Jones 0 0
Lee 0 0
Lenoir 0 0
Lincoln 0 0
Macon 0 0
Madison 0 0
Martin 0 0
McDowell 0 0
Mecklenburg 0 0
Mitchell 0 0
Montgomery 0 0
Moore 0 0
Nash 0 0
New Hanover 0 0
Northampton 0 0
Onslow 0 0
Orange 0 0
Pamlico 0 0
Pasquotank 0 0
Pender 0 0
Perquimans 0 0
Person 0 0
Pitt 1 1
Polk 0 0
Randolph 0 0
Richmond 0 0
Robeson 0 0
Rockingham 0 0
Rowan 0 0
Rutherford 0 0
Sampson 0 0
Scotland 0 0
Stanly 0 0
Stokes 0 0
Surry 0 0
Swain 0 0
Transylvania 0 0
Tyrrell 0 0
Union 0 0
Vance 0 0
Wake 0 0
Warren 0 0
Washington 0 0
Watauga 0 0
Wayne 0 0
Wilkes 0 0
Wilson 0 0
Yadkin 0 0
Yancey 0 0
Totals 1 1

 

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Updated: January 3, 2018