NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 1087
SENATE BILL 420

AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH TO ACCEPT FEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 130-17 is amended by adding a new subsection thereto to be designated subsection (e), and to read as follows:
"(e)	The local boards of health are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the Veterans' Administration or any other governmental or private agency, or with any person, whereby the local board of health agrees to render services to or for such agency or person in exchange for a fee to cover the cost of rendering such service. This authority is to be limited to services voluntarily rendered and voluntarily received, and shall not apply to services required by statute, regulation, or ordinance to be rendered or received. The fees to be charged under the authority of this subsection are to be based upon a plan recommended by the local health director and approved by the local board of health and the State Health Director, and in no event is the fee charged to exceed the cost to the health department of rendering the service.
"The fees collected under the authority of this subsection are to be deposited to the account of the health department so that they may be expended for public health purposes in accordance with the provisions of the County Fiscal Control Act. No individual employee is to receive any compensation over and above his regular salary as a result of rendering services for which a fee is charged."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1963.