NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 927

HOUSE BILL 1233

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE BY TRAINED LAY PERSONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS CAUSED BY INSECT STINGS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 143-509 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following subdivision:

"(9)      Promote a means of training individuals to administer life-saving treatment to persons who suffer a severe adverse reaction to insect stings. Individuals, upon successful completion of this training program, may be approved by the Board of Medical Examiners to administer epinephrine to these persons, in the absence of the availability of physicians or other practitioners who are authorized to administer the treatment. This training may also be offered as part of the emergency medical technician training program."

Sec. 2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to make additional appropriations to implement the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1981.