A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize physicians to perform certain procedures in ambulatory surgical facilities under certain CIRCUMSTANCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Pursuant to its authority to adopt rules governing the licensure of ambulatory surgical facilities under G.S. 131E‑149, the North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall allow anesthesiologists performing surgical procedures in accredited ambulatory surgical facilities to perform pain management procedures in accredited ambulatory surgical facilities whether or not the anesthesiologist has privileges to perform anesthesia, pain management, or other procedures at the hospital with which the ambulatory surgical facility has a transfer agreement.
SECTION 2.  The North Carolina Medical Care Commission may adopt rules, including temporary rules, to implement this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007.