§ 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-100 – Title; purpose.
131E-100. Title; purpose. (a) This Part shall be known as the "Nursing Home Licensure Act." (b) The purpose of the Nursing Home Licensure Act is to establish authority and duty for the Department to inspect and license private nursing homes. (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)
§ 131E-85 – Hospital privileges and procedures.
131E-85. Hospital privileges and procedures. (a) The granting or denial of privileges to practice in hospitals to physicians licensed under Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, Article 1, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists and the scope and delineation of such privileges shall be determined by the governing body of the hospital on a non-discriminatory basis. Such […]
§ 131E-86 – Limited privileges.
131E-86. Limited privileges. (a) It shall be unlawful for an individual who is not licensed under Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, Article 1, to admit a patient to a hospital without written proof in accordance with the policy of the governing body of the hospital that a physician licensed under Chapter 90 of the […]
§ 131E-87 – Reports of disciplinary action; immunity from liability.
131E-87. Reports of disciplinary action; immunity from liability. The chief administrative officer of each licensed hospital in the State shall report to the appropriate occupational licensing board the details, as prescribed by the board, of any revocation, suspension, limitation, or voluntary reduction of privileges of a health care provider to practice in that hospital. Each […]
§ 131E-90 – Authority of administrator; refusal to leave after discharge.
131E-90. Authority of administrator; refusal to leave after discharge. The case of a patient who refuses or fails to leave the hospital upon discharge by the attending physician shall be reviewed by two physicians licensed to practice medicine in this State, one of whom may be the attending physician. If in the opinion of the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 131E-82 – Injunction.
131E-82. Injunction. (a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the State for injunction or other process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of a hospital without […]
§ 131E-83 – Temporary change of hospital bed capacity.
131E-83. Temporary change of hospital bed capacity. A hospital may temporarily increase its bed capacity by up to ten percent (10%) over its licensed bed capacity by utilizing observation beds for hospital inpatients if the hospital notifies and obtains the approval of the Division of Health Service Regulation. For purposes of this section, "temporarily" means […]