AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CABARRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MAY AWARD advanced DEGREEs TO GRADUATES OF ITS NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMS AS APPROPRIATe.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 11 of Chapter 307, Public‑Local Laws of 1935, as amended by Chapter 947 of the 1987 Session Laws and by S.L. 1998‑204, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 11.  Notwithstanding G.S. 116‑15, the Executive Committee of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital may establish and maintain in connection with and as a part of the hospital an educational program for nursing and allied health sciences.  The Executive Committee may award an Associate,  Baccalaureate, and advanced degrees to graduates of the nursing education or allied health sciences programs as appropriate."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives