Bill Summary for H 267 (2015-2016)

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Mar 25 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 267 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 17, 2015
AN ACT AMENDING THE RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE ACT.
Intro. by Goodman.

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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends GS 90-648, deleting the following language from the term "practice of respiratory care": that the term also means any act by which an individual holds himself or herself out to the public or represents that the individual is authorized to practice respiratory care in this state.

Amends GS 90-652 deleting the authority of the NC Respiratory Care Board (Board) to investigate the activities of persons not licensed under this Article whom the Board has reasonable cause to believe are engaged in the practice of respiratory care. 

Amends GS 90-661, concerning the requirement of a license to perform certain acts in the practice of respiratory care, adding that it is unlawful for anyone to advertise, hold out to the public, or represent in any manner that he or she is authorized to practice respiratory care in North Carolina unless he or she is currently licensed as specified. 

Amends GS 90-661(c), which provides protection from liability for persons, partnerships, firms, associations, authorities or other entities acting in good faith by taking the language out of the proposed subsection and placing it in new GS 90-663.1, Immunity from civil liability. 

Amends the effective dates for the act, providing that Section 5 of the act becomes effective October 1, 2015, and Section 3 and 4 of the act become effective October 1, 2016. The remainder is effective when the bill becomes law.