GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 223
HOUSE BILL 526

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF A MENTALLY ILL MINOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 122C-3(21) reads as rewritten:
"(21)	'Mental illness' means: (i) when applied to an adult, an illness which so lessens the capacity of the individual to use self-control, judgment, and discretion in the conduct of his affairs and social relations as to make it necessary or advisable for him to be under treatment, care, supervision, guidance, or control; and (ii) when applied to a minor, a mental condition, other than mental retardation alone, that so impairs the youth's capacity to  exercise age adequate  self-control or judgment in the conduct of his activities and  social relationships so that he is in need of treatment."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1989.