GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 514

Short Title:  Certified Clinical SW Corporations.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Barnes and Alexander.

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Referred to:  Business and Labor, if favorable, Judiciary I.

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March 21, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW CERTIFIED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS TO FORM PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 55B-2(6) reads as rewritten:
"(6)	The term 'professional service' means any type of personal or professional service of the public which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license from a licensing board as herein defined, and pursuant to the following provisions of the General Statutes: Chapter 83, 'Architects'; Chapter 84, 'Attorneys-at-Law'; Chapter 93, 'Public Accountants'; and Article 1, 'Practice of Medicine,' Article 2, 'Dentistry,' Article 6, 'Optometry,' Article 7, 'Osteopathy,' Article 8, 'Chiropractic,' Article 9A, 'Nursing Practice Act,' with regard to registered nurses, Article 11, 'Veterinarians,' Article 12A, 'Podiatrists,' Article 18A, 'Practicing Psychologists,' and Article 18D, 'Occupational Therapy,' of Chapter 90; Chapter 89C, 'Engineering and Land Surveying'; Chapter 89A, 'Landscape Architects'; Chapter 90B, 'Social Worker Certification Act' with regard to Certified Clinical Social Workers as defined by G.S. 90B-3; Chapter 89E, 'Geologists'; and Chapter 89B, 'Foresters.'"
Sec. 2.  G.S. 55B-14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 55B-14.  Types of professional services.
A professional corporation shall render only one specific type professional service, and such services as may be ancillary thereto, and shall not engage in any other business or profession; provided, however, such corporation may own real and personal property necessary or appropriate for rendering the type of professional services it was organized to render and it may invest in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, and any other type of investments; provided further, that in the case of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering or land surveying and geological services, as defined in Chapters 83A, 89A, 89C, and 89E respectively, one corporation may be authorized to provide such of these services where such corporation, and at least one corporate officer who is a stockholder thereof, is duly licensed by the licensing board of each such profession; and provided further, that a professional corporation may be formed by a:
(1)	Licensed psychologist and a physician practicing psychiatry; or
(2)	a.	Either or both of a licensed psychologist or a physician practicing psychiatry; together with
b.	Either or both of a registered nurse licensed under Article 9A of Chapter 90A of the General Statutes who is an advanced practice registered nurse duly licensed or certified as a clinical specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing or a certified clinical social worker as defined in G.S. 90B-3(2),
to render psychotherapeutic and related services."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.