GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 533

Short Title:  Occupational Health/Reporting.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Forrester.
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Referred to:  Children and Human Resources.
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March 24, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INSTITUTE A STATEWIDE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, ILLNESSES, CONDITIONS, AND INJURIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new Article to read:
"ARTICLE 20.
"Occupational Health.
"§ 130A-455.  Reportable diseases, illnesses, conditions, and injuries.
The Commission shall adopt rules establishing a list of occupational diseases, illnesses, conditions, and injuries to be reported to the Department.  The Commission shall adopt rules establishing the specific information to be submitted when making a report required by this Article, time limits for reporting, and the form of the report.
"§ 130A-456.  Physicians to report.
A physician licensed to practice medicine who treats a person for an occupational disease, illness, condition, or injury declared by the Commission to be reportable shall report information required by the Commission to the Department.
"§ 130A-457.  Medical facilities to report.
A medical facility in which there is a patient who has an occupational disease, illness, condition, or injury declared by the Commission to be reportable shall report information specified by the Commission to the Department.
"§ 130A-458.  Persons in charge of laboratories to report.
A person in charge of a clinical or pathological laboratory providing diagnostic service in this State shall report to the Department laboratory findings related to occupational diseases, illnesses, conditions, or injuries for which laboratory reporting is required by the Commission.
"§ 130A-459.  Immunity of persons who report.
A person who  makes a report pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making the report."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 1994.