NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 75

SENATE BILL 99

AN ACT TO PERMIT MILITARY PRACTITIONERS TO WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MILITARY MEMBERS AND DEPENDENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 90-87(23)a. is rewritten to read:

"a.        A written order or other order which is promptly reduced to writing for a controlled substance as defined in this Article, or for a preparation, combination, or mixture thereof, issued by a practitioner who is licensed in this State to administer or prescribe drugs in the course of his professional practice; or issued by a practitioner serving on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or the United States Veterans Administration who is licensed in this or another state or Puerto Rico, provided the order is written for the benefit of eligible beneficiaries of armed services medical care; a prescription does not include an order entered in a chart or other medical record of a patient by a practitioner for the administration of a drug; or"

Sec. 2. G.S. 106-134.1(a)(4)a. is amended by inserting immediately after the words: "to administer such drug," the words "or authorized to issue orders pursuant to G.S. 90-87(23)(a),".

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of March, 1981.