GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 446
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 131E-85(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The granting or denial of privileges to practice in hospitals to physicians licensed under Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, Article 1, dentists 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 determinations shall be based upon the applicant's education, training, experience, demonstrated competence and ability, and judgment and character of the applicant, and the reasonable objectives and regulations of the hospital, including, but not limited to appropriate utilization of hospital facilities, in which privileges are sought. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to mandate hospitals to grant or deny to any such individuals or others privileges to practice in hospitals, or to offer or provide any type of care."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1989.