GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 225
HOUSE BILL 218

AN ACT TO SIMPLIFY THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-144(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	The local health director shall ensure that control measures prescribed by the Commission have been given to prevent the spread of all reportable communicable diseases or communicable conditions and any other communicable disease or communicable condition that represents a significant threat to the public health. The local health department shall provide, at no cost to the patient, the examination and treatment for tuberculosis disease and infection and for sexually transmitted diseases designated by the Commission."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 130A-160 through G.S. 130A-178 are repealed.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective February 1, 1992.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives