NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 619
HOUSE BILL 617

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO NARCOTIC DRUGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-87 is hereby amended by striking the word "Narcotics" from the second line of subdivision (10) thereof and inserting in lieu of the stricken word the words "Internal Revenue, or United States Secretary of the Treasury, or Successor".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-87 is hereby further amended by inserting a new subdivision between subdivisions (9) and (10) to read as follows:
"(9a)	'Nurse' means a person to whom the North Carolina Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education, or its successor, has issued a certificate as a registered nurse or a certificate as a licensed practical nurse."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-108 is hereby amended by striking the period at the end of the Section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"; provided, however, a nurse, as referred to above, shall mean one who is specifically authorized by a physician or dentist to give subcutaneous injections under the supervision or direction of such physician or dentist."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-111.2 is hereby amended by striking the period at the end of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
", or after forfeiture, in the discretion of the presiding judge and upon application of the State Bureau of Investigation said vehicle, vessel or aircraft may be transferred to the said State Bureau of Investigation for use in official investigations of violations of this Article."
Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1965.