A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the controlled substances reporting act TO MAKE CHANGES PERTAINING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑113.74(c) is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"(c)	The Department shall release data in the controlled substances reporting system to the following persons only:
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(8)	The Chief Medical Examiner or a duly appointed county medical examiner for purpose of investigating the death of an individual."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.