NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 547
SENATE BILL 317

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 97-53 RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 97-53(13) is hereby amended by striking out such subsection in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: "(13) Any disease, other than hearing loss covered in another subsection of this section, which is proven to be due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation or employment, but excluding all ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is equally exposed outside of the employment."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1971, and shall apply only to cases originating on and after July 1, 1971.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1971.