NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 977

HOUSE BILL 1141

 

 

AN ACT TO ADD THREE OPTICIANS TO THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The first two paragraphs of G.S. 143B-162 are rewritten to read:

"The Professional Advisory Committee of the Department of Human Resources shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be licensed physicians nominated by the North Carolina Medical Society whose practice is limited to ophthalmology, three optometrists nominated by the North Carolina State Optometric Society, and three opticians nominated by the North Carolina Opticians Association.

Those nine members shall serve three year terms staggered such that the terms of three members shall expire each year. A member of the Committee shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Committee created by the resignation, dismissal, death, or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term."

Sec. 2.  The schedule for appointments to the Committee described in Section 1 of this act is as follows: The ophthalmologists and optometrists serving on the Committee on the date this act is ratified shall continue to serve until their respective terms expire. Initial appointments of the three opticians shall be made no later than July 2, 1979, shall become effective on that date, and shall be for one, two, and three year terms, respectively. At the end of the respective terms of office of those nine members, the appointment of their successors shall be for terms of three years.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.