§ 131E-270 – Medication Aide Registry.
131E-270. Medication Aide Registry. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain a Medication Aide Registry containing the names of all health care personnel in North Carolina who have successfully completed a medication aide training program that has been approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing, passed a State-administered medication aide competency exam, and met […]
§ 131E-272 – Initial licensure fees for new facilities.
131E-272. Initial licensure fees for new facilities. The following fees are initial licensure fees for new facilities and are applicable as follows: Number Initial Initial Facility Type of Beds License Fee Bed Fee Adult Care Licensure More than 6 $400.00 $19.00 6 or Fewer $350.00 $ – Acute and Home Care General Acute Hospitals 1-49 […]
§ 131E-273 – Certain charges/payments prohibited.
131E-273. Certain charges/payments prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any provider of health care services to charge or accept payment for any health care procedure or component of any health care procedure that was not performed or supplied. If a procedure requires the informed consent of a patient, the charge for any component of the […]
§ 131E-269 – Authorization to charge fee for certification of facilities suitable to perform abortions.
131E-269. Authorization to charge fee for certification of facilities suitable to perform abortions. The Department of Health and Human Services shall charge each hospital or clinic certified by the Department as a facility suitable for the performance of abortions, as authorized under G.S. 14-45.1, a nonrefundable annual certification fee in the amount of seven hundred […]
§ 131E-255 – Nurse Aide Registry; waiver of rules during an emergency.
131E-255. Nurse Aide Registry. (a) Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(e) and 42 U.S.C. 1396r(e), the Department shall establish and maintain a registry containing the names of all nurse aides working in nursing facilities in North Carolina. The Department shall include in the nurse aide registry any findings by the Department of neglect of a resident […]
§ 131E-256 – Health Care Personnel Registry.
131E-256. Health Care Personnel Registry. (a) The Department shall establish and maintain a health care personnel registry containing the names of all health care personnel working in health care facilities in North Carolina who have: (1) Been subject to findings by the Department of: a. Neglect or abuse of a resident in a health care […]
§ 131E-256.1 – Adverse action on a license; appeal procedures.
131E-256.1. Adverse action on a license; appeal procedures. (a) The Department may suspend, cancel, or amend a license when a facility subject to this Article has substantially failed to comply with this Article or rules adopted under this Article. (b) Administrative action taken by the Department under this section shall be in accordance with Chapter […]
§ 131E-257 – Title; purpose; applicability of other laws; "public hospital" defined.
131E-257. Title; purpose; applicability of other laws; "public hospital" defined. (a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Hospital Personnel Act". (b) The purpose of this Article is to protect the privacy of the personnel records of public hospital employees and to authorize public hospitals to determine employee compensation and […]
§ 131E-257.1 – Compensation; personnel policies; employee benefits plans.
131E-257.1. Compensation; personnel policies; employee benefits plans. (a) A public hospital shall determine the pay, expense allowances, and other compensation of its officers and employees, and may establish position classification and pay plans and incentive compensation plans. (b) A public hospital may: (1) Adopt personnel policies and procedures regarding, without limitation, vacations, personal leave, service […]
§ 131E-257.2 – Privacy of employee personnel records.
131E-257.2. Privacy of employee personnel records. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 132-6 or any other general law or local act concerning access to public records, personnel files of employees and applicants for employment maintained by a public hospital are subject to inspection and may be disclosed only as provided by this section. For purposes […]