Created in the 1993 Session of the NC General Assembly, the Advisory committee on Cancer coordination and Control, comprised of 34 appointed members, has the following responsibilities:

(1)  To recommend to the Secretary a plan for the statewide implementation of an interagency comprehensive coordinated cancer control program;

(2)  To identify and examine the limitations and problems associated with existing laws, regulations, programs, and services related to cancer control;

(3)  To examine the financing and access to cancer control services for North Carolina's citizens, and advise the Secretary on a coordinated and efficient use of resources;

(4)  To identify and review health promotion and disease prevention strategies relating to the leading causes of cancer mortality and morbidity

(5)  To recommend standards for:
      a.  Oversight and development of cancer control services;

      b.  Development and maintenance of interagency training and technical assistance   

           in the provision of cancer control services;

      c.  Program monitoring and data collection;

      d.  Statewide evaluation of locally based cancer control programs;

      e.  Coordination of funding sources for cancer control programs; and 

      f.  Procedures for awarding grants to local agencies providing cancer control    

          services.