GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 76

Short Title:  Clinicians/Nursing Home Penalty Comm.     	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Wiser; Warner, Justus, and Easterling.
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Referred to:  Commerce.
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January 24, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE A MAJORITY OF CLINICIANS AND AT LEAST ONE CONSUMER ADVOCATE ON THE NURSING HOME/REST HOME PENALTY REVIEW COMMITTEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S.131D-34(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	The Secretary shall establish a penalty review committee within the Department, which shall review administrative penalties assessed pursuant to this section affecting domiciliary care facilities and assessed against nursing homes licensed pursuant to Chapter 131E of the General Statutes.  The Secretary shall ensure that the Nursing Home/Rest Home Penalty Review Committee established by this subsection is comprised of seven members, a majority of whom shall be clinicians, and that it contains at least one consumer advocate.  Clinician appointments shall be made from the following disciplines:  physicians, gerontological nurse specialist, rehabilitation therapist, and dietician.  Clinicians appointed shall either be certified as having special competencies in geriatrics or gerontology or be certified in the relevant specialty by an accredited professional organization."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.