GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-153
AN ACT to make TECHNICAL changes to the nursing home administrator act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90-276(3) reads as rewritten:
"For the purposes of this Article and as used herein:
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(3) "Nursing
home" means any institution or facility defined as such for licensing
purposes under G.S. 130-9(e) of the General Statutes,G.S.
131E-101(6), whether proprietary or nonprofit, including but not limited to
nursing homes owned or administered by the federal or State government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof and nursing homes operated in
combination with a home for the aged or any other facility."
SECTION 2. G.S. 90-283 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-283. Organization of Board; compensation; employees and services.
The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman
and secretary, and shall adopt rules and regulations to govern its proceedings.
Board members shall be entitled to receive only such compensation and
reimbursement as is prescribed by Chapter 13893B of the General
Statutes for State boards generally. At any meeting a majority of the voting
members shall constitute a quorum. The Board may, in accordance with the
State Personnel Act,may employ any necessary personnel to assist it
in the performance of its duties and may contract for such services as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article."
SECTION 3. G.S. 90-285.1(2) reads as rewritten:
"The Board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license or may reprimand or otherwise discipline a licensee after due notice and an opportunity to be heard at a formal hearing, upon substantial evidence that a licensee:
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(2) Has violated the
provisions of G.S. 130-9(e)Part B of Article 6 of Chapter 131E of the
General Statutes and rules promulgated thereunder;".
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of May, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 11:26 a.m. this 31st day of May, 2001