A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a nurse testimonial privilege.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 7 of Chapter 8 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 8-53.13. Nurse privilege.
No person licensed pursuant to Article 9A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes shall be required to disclose any information that may have been acquired in rendering professional nursing services, and which information was necessary to enable that person to render professional nursing services, except that the presiding judge of a superior or district court may compel disclosure if, in the court's opinion, disclosure is necessary to a proper administration of justice and disclosure is not prohibited by other statute or rule."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.