NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 674

SENATE BILL 513

 

 

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE PRE-MARITAL BLOOD TEST FOR VENEREAL DISEASE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 51-9 is amended by deleting the second, third and fourth sentences of the first paragraph, beginning with the phrase "Such certificate shall be accompanied" and ending with the phrase "approved laboratory under this section."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to marriage licenses issued on or after this date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1981.