A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require certain occupational licensing boards to notify the department of health and human services within a specified Period of time that a licensed health care provider is authorized to provide voluntary health care services pursuant to the voluntary health care services act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑21.105 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑21.105.  Department and licensure boards to review licensure status of volunteers.
The Department shall forward the information received from a sponsoring organization under G.S. 90‑21.104(d)(1) to the appropriate licensure board within seven days after receipt. The appropriate licensure board shall review the information and, within seven days from the date the information is received, report to the Department on the licensure status of the health care provider named on the list submitted by the sponsoring organization. Upon receipt of any information or notice from a licensure board that a health care provider on the list submitted by the sponsoring organization pursuant to G.S. 90‑21.104(d)(1) is not licensed, authorized, or in good standing, or is the subject of an investigation or pending disciplinary action, the Department shall immediately notify the sponsoring organization that the health care provider is not permitted to engage in the voluntary provision of health care services on behalf of the sponsoring organization."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.