NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 817

HOUSE BILL 890

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT RELATING TO ASSISTANTS TO PHYSICIANS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-18 is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision to be designated subdivision (14) and to read as follows:

"(14)    Any act, task or function performed by an assistant to a person licensed as a physician by the Board of Medical Examiners when

a.         such assistant is approved by and annually registered with the Board as one qualified by training or experience to function as an assistant to a physician, except that no more than two assistants may be currently registered for any physician, and

b.         such act, task or function is performed at the direction or under the supervision of such physician, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Board, and

c.         the services of the assistant are limited to assisting the physician in the particular field or fields for which the assistant has been trained, approved, and registered; provided that this subdivision shall not limit or prevent any physician from delegating to a qualified person any acts, tasks or functions which are otherwise permitted by law or established by custom."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-15 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

"For the initial and annual registration of an assistant to a physician, the Board may require the payment of a fee not to exceed a reasonable amount."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1971.