North Carolina General Statutes 131E-86. Limited privileges
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-86
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Governing body: means the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors, partnership, corporation, association, person or group of persons who maintain and control the hospital. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-76
- Hospital: means any facility which has an organized medical staff and which is designed, used, and operated to provide health care, diagnostic and therapeutic services, and continuous nursing care primarily to inpatients where such care and services are rendered under the supervision and direction of physicians licensed under Chapter 90 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-76
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(a) It shall be unlawful for an individual who is not licensed under Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat., Article 1, to admit a patient to a hospital without written proof in accordance with the policy of the governing body of the hospital that a physician licensed under Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat., Article 1, who is a member of the medical staff will be responsible for the performance of a basic medical appraisal and for the medical needs of the patient. The governing body of a hospital may waive this requirement for a dentist licensed under Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat., Article 2, to the extent authorized by this statute, who has successfully completed a postgraduate program in oral and maxillofacial surgery accredited by the American Dental Association.
(b) The governing body of each hospital shall not grant privileges that exceed the scope of a license. (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)