GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	4 

SENATE BILL 315
Second Edition Engrossed 5/6/91
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/17/91
House Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 6/30/92

Short Title:  Injury Control Program.	(Public)
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March 27, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INJURY CONTROL PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR PHYSICIANS AND OPTOMETRISTS TO REPORT DISABILITIES AFFECTING DRIVING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A is amended by adding the following new Article:
“ARTICLE 20.
"Injury Control.
"§ 130A-461.  Department to establish injury control program.
(a)	The Department shall establish and administer an injury control program.  The program may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1)	Injury prevention services including health education, community coordination, and identification of persons at high risk for injury;
(2)	Training for injury control personnel.
(b)	The Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program.
"§ 130A-462.  Prevention of motor vehicle injuries.
For the protection of the public health, the Commission shall adopt by rule a list of mental or physical disabilities that may affect a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.  Physicians licensed to practice medicine and licensed optometrists may report to the Department cases of such mental or physical disabilities among their patients who are licensed to operate a motor vehicle.  The Department shall review and investigate the reports and, if necessary to protect the public health, shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles.  The provisions of G.S. 130A-141 and G.S. 130A-142 shall apply to reports made pursuant to this section."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1992.