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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90']

House Bill 1358-First Edition
Representatives Parmon, Johnson, Wiley, Harrison (Primary Sponsors); Adams, Alexander, Cotham, Farmer-Butterfield, Fisher, Frye, Glazier, Goforth, T. Harrell, Hill, Insko, Luebke, Tucker, and Walend.
"Chapter 90E.
"The Consumer Health Freedom Act.
"§ 90E-1. Title.
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as 'The Consumer Health Freedom Act.'
"§ 90E-2. Legislative findings and intent.
(3) Notwithstanding the relative safety and widespread use of complementary and alternative health care services by North Carolinians, the provision of many of these services may be in violation of G.S. 90-18, and as such, North Carolinians who are clients of these practitioners could lose access to the health care services of their choice.
"§ 90E-3. Definitions.
(1) Complementary or alternative health care service. - Health care services that include, but are not limited to: acupressure; aromatherapy; ayurveda; biofield therapy; cranial sacral therapy; culturally-based traditional healing practices; dance, music, and art therapy; energetic modalities; folk practices; practices utilizing food and dietary supplements; individual biological therapies, such as bee pollen, nutrients, and the physical forces of heat, cold, water, touch, and light; herbology or herbalism; homeopathy; therapeutic touch or bodywork; mind-body therapeutic practices; Native American medicine; naturopathy; polarity therapy; reiki; traditional Tibetan practices; and Qigong.
(2) Complementary and alternative health care services provided by unlicensed practitioners. - The broad domain of health care and healing therapies and methods that are not prohibited by G.S. 90E-4 and are provided by a person who is not licensed, certified, or registered as a health care practitioner in this State.
"§ 90E-4. Prohibited acts.
A person who provides complementary and alternative health care services in accordance with this Chapter, but does not hold a license, permit, certification, or registration under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, shall not be in violation of G.S. 90-18(c) for unlicensed practice or any other allied health occupation law for unlicensed practice unless the person engages in any of the following:
(2) Prescribes or administers X-ray radiation to any person.
"§ 90E-5. Disclosure.
(1) The practitioner's name, business address, and telephone number.
(b) Before a practitioner provides health care services to a client for the first time, the practitioner shall obtain a written acknowledgment from the client stating that the client has been provided with the information described in subsection (a) of this section. The practitioner shall provide the client with a copy of this written acknowledgment, and the person providing the services shall maintain a copy of the acknowledgement for a period of two years. If the disclosure information changes, the practitioner has a duty to repeat the initial requirements of this section if a client obtains services after the change.
"§ 90E-6. Exemptions.
(c) This Chapter does not apply to, control, or prevent a person from providing health care services if the individual is already exempt from professional practice acts under that State law.
"§ 90E-7. Remedies.
Nothing in this Chapter shall limit the right of any person to seek relief for negligence or any other civil remedy against a person providing services under the provisions of this Chapter."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective June 1, 2007.