NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION
CHAPTER 102
HOUSE BILL 158
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 35 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO ALLOW THE PARENT OF A MENTALLY ILL OR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON TO PETITION THE COURT FOR THE STERILIZATION OPERATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL OR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 35-36 is amended by adding the following phrase at the beginning of the first sentence:
"The parent or guardian of a mentally ill or mentally retarded person, or".
Sec. 2. G.S. 35-36 is further amended by deleting in the first sentence the words "supported wholly or in part" and by substituting the word "operated".
Sec. 3. G.S. 35-37 is amended by adding the following phrase at the beginning of the first sentence:
"The parent or guardian of a mentally ill or mentally retarded person, or".
Sec. 4. G.S. 35-39(4) is repealed.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of March, 1981.