GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 287
HOUSE BILL 663

AN ACT TO ALLOW A CURRENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION TO BE USED UPON ADMISSION TO CERTAIN TWENTY-FOUR HOUR FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 122C-211(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Any individual who voluntarily seeks admission to any 24-hour facility, other than one in which medical care is an integral component of the treatment, shall have a medical examination within 30 days before or after admission if it is reasonably expected that he will receive treatment for more than 30 days or shall produce a current, valid physical examination report, signed by a physician, completed within 12 months prior to the current admission. When applicable, this examination may be included in an examination conducted to meet the requirements of G.S. 122C-223 or G.S. 122C-232."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1989.