GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 268
SENATE BILL 227

AN ACT TO BAN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT FROM CERTAIN "NONREGISTERED" DAY CARE THAT RECEIVES REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 110-101.1.  Corporal punishment banned in certain 'nonregistered' homes.
The use of corporal punishment as a form of discipline is prohibited in those day care homes that are not required to be registered under this Article but that receive State subsidies for child day care unless this care is provided to children by their parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, step-grandparents, or great-grandparents.  Care provided children by their parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, step-grandparents, or great-grandparents is not subject to this section.  Religious sponsored nonregistered homes are also exempt from this section."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to acts of discipline imposed on or after this date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives