GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 510
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 153A-224(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) In a medical
emergency, the custodial personnel shall secure emergency medical care from a
licensed physician according to the unit's plan for medical care. If a
physician designated in the plan is not available, the personnel shall secure
medical services from any licensed physician who is available. The unit
operating the facility shall pay the cost of emergency medical services. services
unless the inmate has third-party insurance, in which case the third-party
insurer shall be the initial payor and the medical provider shall bill the
third-party insurer. The county shall only be liable for costs not
reimbursed by the third-party insurer, in which event the county may recover
from the inmate the cost of the non-reimbursed medical services."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives