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NC Gen Stat § 90-312.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 22A - Interstate Compact For Audiology And Speech Pathology.|§ 90-312.14 - (Article has a contingent effective date see note) Binding effect of Compact on other laws.

 90-312.14. (Article has a contingent effective date - see note) Binding effect of Compact on other laws.(a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact.(b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.(c) All lawful actions of the Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Commission, are binding upon the member states.(d) All agreements between the Commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms.(e) In the event any provision of the Compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, the provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state.  (2020-87, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-320 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23 - Right to Natural Death; Brain Death.|§ 90-320 - General purpose of Article.

 90-320. General purpose of Article.(a) The General Assembly recognizes as a matter of public policy that an individual's rights include the right to a peaceful and natural death and that a patient or the patient's representative has the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of the patient's own medical care, including the decision to have life-prolonging measures withheld or withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition. This Article is to establish an optional and nonexclusive procedure by which a patient or the patient's representative may exercise these rights. A military advanced medical directive executed in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1044 or other applicable law is valid in this State.(b) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying. Nothing in this Article shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging measures in any lawful manner. In such respect the provisions of this Article are cumulative. (1977, c. 815; 1979, c. 715, s. 1; 1983, c. 313, s. 1; 2007-502, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-321.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23 - Right to Natural Death; Brain Death.|§ 90-321.1 - Advanced directive for a natural death executed during a state of emergency.

 90-321.1. Advanced directive for a natural death executed during a state of emergency.(a) The requirement of G.S. 90-321 that an advanced directive for a natural death declaration be executed in the presence of two qualified witnesses shall be waived for all instruments executed on or after the effective date of this section and prior to termination of the state of emergency declared by Governor Roy Cooper in Executive Order No. 116, on March 10, 2020, as the same may be extended by any subsequent executive order, such that an instrument that is signed by the declarant, properly acknowledged before a notary public, and otherwise executed in compliance with the provisions of this Article, shall not be invalidated by the declarant's failure to execute the advanced directive for a natural death declaration in the presence of two qualified witnesses.(b) Advanced directives for a natural death declaration executed without two qualified witnesses during the time period defined in subsection (a) of this section shall contain a short and plain statement indicating that the instrument was executed in accordance with the procedures of this section, which may but need not be cited by title or section number.(c) This section shall expire at 12:01 A.M. on August 1, 2020; provided, however, all instruments made in accordance with this section and while this section is in effect shall remain effective and shall not need to be reaffirmed.  (2020-3, s. 4.10(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-323 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23 - Right to Natural Death; Brain Death.|§ 90-323 - Death; determination by physician.

 90-323. Death; determination by physician.The determination that a person is dead shall be made by a physician licensed to practice medicine applying ordinary and accepted standards of medical practice. Brain death, defined as irreversible cessation of total brain function, may be used as a sole basis for the determination that a person has died, particularly when brain death occurs in the presence of artificially maintained respiratory and circulatory functions. This specific recognition of brain death as a criterion of death of the person shall not preclude the use of other medically recognized criteria for determining whether and when a person has died. (1979, c. 715, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325 - Short title; purpose.

 90-325. Short title; purpose.(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Right to Try Act.(b) The purpose of Part 1 of this Article is to authorize access to and use of experimental treatments for patients with a terminal illness; to establish conditions for use of experimental treatment; to prohibit sanctions of health care providers solely for recommending or providing experimental treatment; to clarify duties of a health insurer with regard to experimental treatment authorized under this Part; to prohibit certain actions by State officials, employees, and agents; and to restrict certain causes of action arising from experimental treatment.  (2015-137, s. 1; 2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.2 - Authorized access to and use of investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.

 90-325.2. Authorized access to and use of investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.(a) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device may make available to an eligible patient, and an eligible patient may request, the manufacturer's investigational drug, biological product, or device. However, nothing in this Part shall be construed to require a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make such investigational drug, biological product, or device available to an eligible patient.(b) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device may provide the investigational drug, biological product, or device to an eligible patient without receiving compensation or may require the eligible patient to pay the costs of, or the costs associated with, the manufacture of the investigational drug, biological product, or device.  (2015-137, s. 1; 2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.3 - No liability to heirs for outstanding debt related to use of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices.

 90-325.3. No liability to heirs for outstanding debt related to use of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices.If an eligible patient dies while being treated with an investigational drug, biological product, or device, the eligible patient's heirs are not liable for any outstanding debt related to the treatment, including any costs attributed to lack of insurance coverage for the treatment.  (2015-137, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.4 - Sanctions against health care providers prohibited.

 90-325.4. Sanctions against health care providers prohibited.(a) A licensing board shall not revoke, fail to renew, suspend, or take any other disciplinary action against a health care provider licensed under this Chapter, based solely on the health care provider's recommendations to an eligible patient regarding access to or treatment with an investigational drug, biological product, or device.(b) An entity responsible for Medicare certification shall not take action against a health care provider's Medicare certification based solely on the health care provider's recommendation that a patient have access to an investigational drug, biological product, or device.  (2015-137, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.5 - Prohibited conduct by State officials.

 90-325.5. Prohibited conduct by State officials.No official, employee, or agent of this State shall block or attempt to block an eligible patient's access to an investigational drug, biological product, or device. Counseling, advice, or a recommendation consistent with medical standards of care from a licensed health care provider does not constitute a violation of this section.  (2015-137, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.6 - No private right of action against manufacturers of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices.

 90-325.6. No private right of action against manufacturers of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices.No private right of action may be brought against a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or against any other person or entity involved in the care of an eligible patient using an investigational drug, biological product, or device, for any harm caused to the eligible patient resulting from use of the investigational drug, biological product, or device as long as the manufacturer or other person or entity has made a good-faith effort to comply with the provisions of this Part and has exercised reasonable care in actions undertaken pursuant to this Part.  (2015-137, s. 1; 2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.7 - Insurance coverage of clinical trials.

 90-325.7. Insurance coverage of clinical trials.Nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect a health benefit plan's obligation to provide coverage for an insured's participation in a clinical trial pursuant to G.S. 58-3-255.  (2015-137, s. 1; 2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.15 - Purpose.

 90-325.15. Purpose.The purpose of Part 2 of this Article is to authorize access to and use of certain investigational adult stem cell treatments for patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses; to regulate the possession, use, and transfer of adult stem cells; and to create a criminal offense for the purchase and sale of adult stem cells for certain investigational treatments.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.17 - Authorized treatments.

 90-325.17. Authorized treatments.(a) An eligible patient is authorized to access and use an investigational adult stem cell treatment under this Part, if the investigational adult stem cell treatment meets all of the following requirements:(1) Is administered directly by a physician certified by an institutional review board that meets the requirements of G.S. 90-325.18.(2) Is overseen by an institutional review board that meets the requirements of G.S. 90-325.18.(3) Is provided at an accredited medical school located in this State, an affiliated facility of an accredited medical school located in this State, or any other facility approved by the institutional review board overseeing the treatment.(b) A physician administering an investigational adult stem cell treatment under this Part shall comply with all applicable rules of the North Carolina Medical Board.(c) This Part does not affect or authorize a person to violate any applicable laws regulating the possession, use, or transfer of human organs, fetal tissue, fetal stem cells, adult stem cells, or embryonic stem cells or their derivatives.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.18 - Institutional review boards; annual report; rules.

 90-325.18. Institutional review boards; annual report; rules.(a) An institutional review board that oversees investigational adult stem cell treatments administered under this Part is required to be affiliated with an accredited medical school located in this State, or an affiliated facility of an accredited medical school located in this State. An institutional review board that meets the requirements of this subsection may certify physicians to provide investigational adult stem cell treatment under this Part.(b) An institutional review board overseeing an investigational adult stem cell treatment under this Part shall keep a record on each person to whom a physician administers the treatment and document in the record the provision of each treatment and the effects of the treatment on the person throughout the period the treatment is administered to the person.(c) Each institutional review board overseeing an investigational adult stem cell treatment under this Part shall submit an annual report to the North Carolina Medical Board on the review board's findings based on records kept under subsection (b) of this section. The report shall not include any patient-identifying information and must be made available to the public in both written and electronic form.(d) The North Carolina Medical Board may adopt rules concerning the role and function of institutional review boards under this Part.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.19 - Prohibited purchase and sale of adult stem cells for certain investigational treatments.

 90-325.19. Prohibited purchase and sale of adult stem cells for certain investigational treatments.(a) Except as allowed under subsection (c) and subsection (d) of this section, it is unlawful to knowingly offer to buy, offer to sell, acquire, receive, sell, or otherwise transfer any adult stem cells for valuable consideration for use in an investigational adult stem cell treatment.(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit the following forms of valuable consideration for investigational adult stem cell treatment:(1) A fee paid to a health care provider for services rendered in the usual course of medical practice or a fee paid for hospital or other clinical services.(2) Reimbursement of legal or medical expenses incurred for the benefit of the ultimate receiver of the investigational adult stem cell treatment.(3) Reimbursement of expenses for travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of adult stem cells in connection with the donation of the adult stem cells.(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that the actor engaged in conduct authorized under G.S. 130A-412.31.(d) It is an exception to the application of this section that the actor is a health care provider, medical researcher, or biosciences professional who is either (i) engaged in research, clinical trials, or investigational adult stem cell treatment that is being overseen and has been approved by an institutional review board that meets the requirements of G.S. 90-325.18 or (ii) otherwise engaged in legal research, clinical trials, or investigational adult stem cell treatment.(e) A violation of this section is a Class A1 misdemeanor.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.20 - Sanctions against physicians prohibited.

 90-325.20. Sanctions against physicians prohibited.(a) A licensing board shall not revoke, fail to renew, suspend, or take any other disciplinary action against a physician licensed under this Chapter, based solely on the physician's recommendation that an eligible patient have access to an investigational adult stem cell treatment, or the physician's administration of an investigational adult stem cell treatment to the eligible patient, provided that the recommendation made or the care provided is consistent with the applicable standard of care and the requirements of this Part.(b) An entity responsible for Medicare certification shall not take action against a physician's Medicare certification based solely on the physician's recommendation that a patient have access to an investigational adult stem cell treatment, or the physician's administration of an investigational adult stem cell treatment to the eligible patient, provided that the recommendation made or the care provided meets the applicable standard of care and the requirements of this Part.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.21 - Prohibited conduct by government officials.

 90-325.21. Prohibited conduct by government officials.No official, employee, or agent of this State or any of its political subdivisions shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with an eligible patient's access to an investigational adult stem cell treatment authorized under this Part. Counseling, advice, or a recommendation consistent with medical standards of care from a licensed health care provider does not constitute a violation of this section.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-325.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 23A - Right to Try Act.|§ 90-325.22 - Insurance of clinical trials.

 90-325.22. Insurance of clinical trials.Nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect a health benefit plan's obligation to provide coverage for an insured's participation in a clinical trial pursuant to G.S. 58-3-255.  (2019-70, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-329 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 24 - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors Act.|§ 90-329 - Declaration of policy.

 90-329. Declaration of policy.It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the activities of persons who render counseling services to the public be regulated to insure the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.  (1983, c. 755, s. 1; 1993, c. 514, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-331 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 24 - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors Act.|§ 90-331 - Prohibitions.

 90-331. Prohibitions.It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this Article to engage in the practice of counseling, use the title "Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate," "Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor," or "Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor," use the letters "LCMHCA," "LCMHC," or "LCMHCS," use any facsimile or combination of these words or letters, abbreviations, or insignia, or indicate or imply orally, in writing, or in any other way that the person is a licensed clinical mental health counselor.  (1983, c. 755, s. 1; 1993, c. 514, s. 1; 2001-487, s. 40(k); 2009-367, s. 2; 2019-240, s. 2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-332 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 24 - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors Act.|§ 90-332 - Use of title by firm.

 90-332. Use of title by firm.It shall be unlawful for any firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other business or professional entity to assume or use the title of licensed clinical mental health counselor unless each of the members of the firm, partnership, or association is licensed by the Board.  (1983, c. 755, s. 1; 1993, c. 514, s. 1; 2019-240, s. 2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-332.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 24 - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors Act.|§ 90-332.1 - Exemptions from licensure.

 90-332.1. Exemptions from licensure.(a) It is not the intent of this Article to regulate members of other regulated professions who do counseling in the normal course of the practice of their profession. Accordingly, this Article does not apply to:(1) Lawyers licensed under Chapter 84, doctors licensed under Chapter 90, and any other person registered, certified, or licensed by the State to practice any other occupation or profession while rendering counseling services in the performance of the occupation or profession for which the person is registered, certified, or licensed.(2) Any school counselor certified by the State Board of Education while counseling within the scope of employment by a board of education or private school.(3) Any student intern or trainee in counseling pursuing a course of study in counseling in a regionally accredited institution of higher learning or training institution, if the intern or trainee is a designated "counselor intern" and the activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study.(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.(4a) Any person counseling within the scope of employment at: (i) a local community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2(2); (ii) a public higher education institution as defined in G.S. 116-2(4); or (iii) a nonprofit postsecondary educational institution as described in G.S. 116-280.(4b) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.(5) Any ordained minister or other member of the clergy while acting in a ministerial capacity who does not charge a fee for the service, or any person invited by a religious organization to conduct, lead, or provide counseling to its members when the service is not performed for more than 30 days a year.(6) Any nonresident temporarily employed in this State to render counseling services for not more than 30 days in a year, if the person holds a license or certificate required for counselors in another state.(7) Any person employed by State, federal, county, or municipal government while counseling within the scope of employment.(8) through (10) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.(b) Persons who claim to be exempt under subsection (a) of this section are prohibited from advertising or offering themselves as "licensed clinical mental health counselors".(c) Persons licensed under this Article are exempt from rules pertaining to counseling adopted by other occupational licensing boards.(d) Nothing in this Article shall prevent a person from performing substance abuse counseling or substance abuse prevention consulting as defined in Article 5C of this Chapter.  (1993, c. 514, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, ss. 12, 16(a), 16(b); c. 685, s. 2; 1997-456, s. 27; 2001-487, s. 40(l); 2009-367, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 9.18(e); 2019-240, s. 2(a).)