(a) All teams that are part of an intercollegiate athletic program of an institution of higher education shall comply with the following:

(1) Each team shall be expressly designated by the biological sex of the team participants as one of the following:

a. Males, men, or boys.

b. Females, women, or girls.

c. Coed or mixed.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 116-401

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.

(b) For the purposes of this section, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. (2023-109, s. 2(b).)

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