North Carolina General Statutes 131E-206. Injunction
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-206
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-1
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
- Hospice: means any coordinated program of home care with provision for inpatient care for terminally ill patients and their families. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
- Person: means an individual, trust, estate, partnership, or corporation including associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department may maintain an action in the name of the State for injunctive relief or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a hospice without a license.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-203(b) or the existence of any other remedy, the Department may maintain an action in the name of the State for injunctive relief or other process against any person to restrain or prevent substantial noncompliance with this Article or the rules adopted thereunder.
(c) If any person shall hinder the proper performance of duty of the Department in carrying out the provisions of this Article, the Department may institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the hindrance occurred for injunctive relief against the continued hindrance. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1022, s. 1.)