GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 786*

Short Title:  Health Care Collaborative Practice.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hartsell, Forrester, and Dannelly.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws

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April 24, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ACT TO ALLOW COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES BETWEEN AND AMONG PHYSICIANS AND MID-LEVEL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 55B-14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 55B-14. Types of professional services.
(a)	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. 
(b)	Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, 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. 
(c)	A professional corporation may also be formed by and between or among:
(1)	A licensed psychologist and a physician practicing psychiatry to render psychotherapeutic and related services;
(2)	Any combination of a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, clinical specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, certified nurse midwife, and certified nurse anesthetist;
(3)	A physician and a physician assistant who is licensed, registered, or otherwise certified under Chapter 90 of the General Statutes;
(4)	A physician or a licensed psychologist, and a clinical specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing; and
(5)	A physician and a nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or certified nurse anesthetist."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1995.