Bill Summary for H 729 (2015-2016)

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Apr 15 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 729 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 14, 2015
AN ACT REQUIRING CHIROPRACTIC PEER REVIEW TO BE PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PRACTICE CHIROPRACTIC IN THIS STATE.
Intro. by Conrad, Bryan, Setzer.

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Enacts new GS 90-153.1 to require that when a payor seeks peer review of chiropractic treatment in order to determine whether the services were clinically necessary or whether the charges billed were reasonable (or both), the person conducting the review must hold a current North Carolina license to practice chiropractic and satisfy certain other criteria.

Requires that the standard of care applied be state-specific and that the reviewer disclose his or her identity and office address to the treating chiropractor. A chiropractor licensed by the state may be subject to disciplinary action for failing to comply. An unlicensed person who performs such a review may be subject to criminal and civil enforcement actions.

Effective when the act becomes law.