GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1002

Short Title:        Medical Examiner/Presc. Drug Info.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Farmer‑Butterfield, Earle, England, Brisson (Primary Sponsors);  Barnhart, Faison, Harrison, Insko, Justus, Lucas, Neumann, Pierce, and Rapp.
Referred to:	Health, if favorable, Judiciary III.

April 2, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the controlled substances reporting act TO MAKE CHANGES PERTAINING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑113.74(c) is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:

"(c)       The Department shall release data in the controlled substances reporting system to the following persons only:

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(8) The Chief Medical Examiner or a duly appointed county medical examiner for purpose of investigating the death of an individual."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.