GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 160

Short Title:  Nurse Rehabilitation.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Perdue; Carpenter, Carter, Clodfelter, Cochrane, Cooper, Dannelly, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Hagan, Hoyle, Kerr, Lucas, Martin of Guilford, Metcalf, Miller, Plyler, Purcell, Rand, Reeves, Shaw of Cumberland, Soles, and Warren.

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Referred to:  Health Care.

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February 22, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF NURSING TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO AID THE REHABILITATION AND MONITORING OF NURSES WHO EXPERIENCE CERTAIN ADDICTIONS AND DISABILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-171.23(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(18)	Establish programs for aiding in the recovery and rehabilitation of nurses who experience chemical addiction or abuse or mental or physical disabilities and programs for monitoring such nurses for safe practice."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.