GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1001

HOUSE BILL 2140

 

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE CERTIFICATES OF NEED FOR LITHOTRIPTERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 131E-178(a) is amended by adding the following sentence at the end:

"No person, acute care hospital, or outpatient facility shall be required to obtain a certificate of need for the acquisition of a lithotripter or for the development, offering, or operation of a lithotripsy service."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 131E-176(16)g. is amended by deleting the phrase "and lithotripters".

Sec. 3.  If any phrase or clause of this act is declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this act.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1986.