NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 707

HOUSE BILL 1302

 

 

AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE INCREASED USE OF PEER REVIEW GROUPS FOR NURSING HOMES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 130 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 130-266.1.  Peer review. — It is not a violation of G.S. 130-266(5) for medical records to be disclosed to a private peer review committee if:

(1)        The peer review committee has been approved by the Division of Facilities Services of the Department of Human Resources;

(2)        The purposes of the peer review committee are to:

a.         survey facilities to verify a high level of quality care through evaluation and peer assistance;

b.         resolve written complaints in a responsible and professional manner; and

c.         develop a basic core of knowledge and standards useful in establishing a means of measuring quality of care; and

(3)        The peer review committee keeps such records confidential."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1979.