§ 131E-91 – Fair billing and collections practices for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities.
131E-91. Fair billing and collections practices for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities. (a) All hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall, upon request of the patient, present an itemized list of charges to all discharged patients detailing in language comprehensible to an ordinary layperson the specific nature of the charges or […]
§ 131E-95 – Medical review committee.
131E-95. Medical review committee. (a) A member of a duly appointed medical review committee who acts without malice or fraud shall not be subject to liability for damages in any civil action on account of any act, statement or proceeding undertaken, made, or performed within the scope of the functions of the committee. (b) The […]
§ 131E-96 – Risk management programs.
131E-96. Risk management programs. (a) Each hospital shall develop and maintain a risk management program which is designed to identify, analyze, evaluate, and manage risks of injury to patients, visitors, employees, and property through loss reduction and prevention techniques and quality assurance activities, as prescribed in rules promulgated by the Commission. (b) The Department shall […]
§ 131E-97 – Confidentiality of patient information.
131E-97. Confidentiality of patient information. (a) Medical records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (b) Charges, accounts, credit histories, and other personal financial records compiled and maintained by health care […]
§ 131E-97.1 – Confidentiality of personnel information.
131E-97.1. Confidentiality of personnel information. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the personnel files of employees or former employees, and the files of applicants for employment maintained by a public hospital as defined in G.S. 159-39 or maintained by a hospital that has been sold or conveyed pursuant to G.S. 131E-8 […]
§ 131E-97.2 – Confidentiality of credentialing information.
131E-97.2. Confidentiality of credentialing information. Information acquired by a public hospital, as defined in G.S. 159-39, a hospital that has been sold or conveyed pursuant to G.S. 131E-8, a State-owned or State-operated hospital, or by persons acting for or on behalf of a hospital, in connection with the credentialing and peer review of persons having […]
§ 131E-97.3 – Confidentiality of competitive health care information.
131E-97.3. Confidentiality of competitive health care information. (a) For the purposes of this section, competitive health care information means information relating to competitive health care activities by or on behalf of hospitals and public hospital authorities. Competitive health care information does not include any of the information hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities are required to […]
§ 131E-98 – Inmate medical records[Effective until January 1, 2023]
131E-98. Inmate medical records. [Effective until January 1, 2023] Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital does not breach patient confidentiality by providing the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety with the medical records of inmates who receive medical treatment at the hospital while in the custody […]
§ 131E-99 – Confidentiality of health care contracts.
131E-99. Confidentiality of health care contracts. Except for the information a hospital or an ambulatory surgical facility is required to report under G.S. 131E-214.12, the financial terms and other competitive health care information directly related to the financial terms in a health care services contract between a hospital or a medical school and a managed […]
§ 131E-81 – Penalties.
131E-81. Penalties. (a) Any person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any hospital without a license is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and upon conviction is only liable for a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each […]