§ 131E-79.2 – Educating parents of newborns regarding pertussis disease.
131E-79.2. Educating parents of newborns regarding pertussis disease. (a) Each hospital licensed under this Article shall provide to the parents of newborns delivered at the hospital free, medically accurate educational information about pertussis disease and the availability of the tetanus-diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine to protect against pertussis disease. The hospital shall provide this educational […]
§ 131E-79.3 – Hospital patient visitation, civil penalty.
131E-79.3. Hospital patient visitation, civil penalty. (a) Each hospital licensed under this Article shall permit patients to receive visitors to the fullest extent permitted under any applicable rules, regulations, or guidelines adopted by either the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or any federal law. (b) In […]
§ 131E-80 – Inspections.
131E-80. Inspections. (a) The Department shall make or cause to be made inspections as it may deem necessary. Any hospital licensed under this Part shall at all times be subject to inspections by the Department according to the rules of the Commission. Except as provided under G.S. 131E-77(b) of this Part, after the hospital’s initial […]
§ 131E-47.1 – Limited liability.
131E-47.1. Limited liability. (a) A person serving as a director, trustee, or officer of a public hospital as defined in G.S. 159-39, or as a commissioner, member, or officer of a hospital authority established under Part 1 or 2 of this Article, or as a director, trustee, or officer of North Carolina Memorial Hospital, shall […]
§ 131E-65 – Alcohol Detoxification Program.
131E-65. Alcohol Detoxification Program. There shall be no reduction of services offered, no contracting of primary services, nor removal of this facility from Buncombe County without prior approval of the General Assembly. (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)
§ 131E-67 – Specialty hospitals.
131E-67. Specialty hospitals. All functions, powers, duties, and obligations heretofore vested in the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Specialty Hospitals and Eastern North Carolina Hospital are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department. All appropriations heretofore made to such Board of Directors or to any of the hospitals are hereby transferred to […]
§ 131E-70 – Construction and enlargement of local hospitals.
131E-70. Construction and enlargement of local hospitals. (a) The Department is authorized to continue surveys of all counties in the State to determine: (1) The hospital needs of the county; (2) The economic ability of various areas to support adequate hospital service; (3) What assistance by the State, if any, is necessary to supplement other […]
§ 131E-42 – Hearing and determination.
131E-42. Hearing and determination. (a) After receipt of a petition for the creation of a hospital district that meets the requirements of G.S. 131E-41(a) and that has been approved by the county board of commissioners, the North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall give notice of a hearing on the creation of a hospital district. The […]
§ 131E-43 – Limitation of actions.
131E-43. Limitation of actions. Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside a resolution of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission creating any hospital district, or questioning the validity of the resolution, or the creation of any hospital district, or the inclusion in the district of any of the territory described in the […]
§ 131E-44 – General powers.
131E-44. General powers. (a) The inhabitants of a hospital district are a body corporate and politic by the name specified by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. Under that name they: (1) Are vested with all the property and rights of property belonging to any corporation; (2) Have perpetual succession; (3) May sue or be […]