NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1086

SENATE BILL 1005

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 110-117 TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PERSONS AMONG THOSE WHO ARE TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 110-117(5), as it appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting in the fifth line thereof, immediately after the comma which follows the word "officer", the following:

"mental health worker, psychologist, public health worker,"

so that G.S. 110-117(5) will read as follows:

"'Professional person' means a physician, surgeon, dentist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, physician-resident, intern, a registered or practical nurse, hospital administrator, Christian Science practitioner, medical examiner, coroner, social worker, law-enforcement officer, mental health worker, psychologist, public health worker, or a school teacher, principal, school attendance counselor or other professional personnel in a public or private school."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1974.