NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 707

HOUSE BILL 1018

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS TO PERFORM PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OF PRISON INMATES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 148-19(c) is amended by deleting the words, "competent physician", in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following words:

"health care professional authorized by the Board of Medical Examiners to perform such examinations".

Sec. 2. G.S. 148-19(c) is further amended by deleting the words, "the report of the physician as to", in the second sentence.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1981.