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26265
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Abortion presents questions of law, individual and public health, and appropriate government expenditure. Current North Carolina law permits abortion during the first twenty weeks of pregnancy. In the 1982-1983 term, the Supreme Court will reopen legal debate by reviewing five significant abortion cases.
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26327
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The North Carolina General Assembly is considering a number of public health matters. New laws are being made for liberalization of abortion, public drunkenness, administrative inspections and warrants. Legislation is also creating a new State agency to administer a program for water and air pollution control and water resource management.
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26329
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During the past year a major North Carolina city lost a vital service for its citizens when the local funeral director chose to discontinue ambulance services due to costs, deficit ambulance operations, and inconvenience. This is occurring across the state and communities are requesting the adoption of ordinances and regulations.
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4.Ambulances, Hospitals, Jails, and Medical Examiners by Health Law Bulletin Vol. Issue 14, Aug 1967
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26326
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Recent changes in legislation include granting new state and local authorities to cope with the ambulance service problem, the abolishment of defense of charitable immunity, the initiation to improve conditions of local jails, and the establishment of a statewide system for post-mortem medicolegal investigations involving coroners and requiring a medical examiner in every county.
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26286
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Good Samaritan laws are questionable statutes because it is unclear whether they have achieved their purpose or were even needed in the first place. A solution is to develop an extensive and effective rescue and emergency medical assistance program within every governmental jurisdiction.
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26339
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The first issue of the bulletin initiates a public health service for officials in North Carolina. Questions have been raised regarding public health records, physician-patient confidentiality, the duty of physicians to make reports to health departments, and handling of health department funds.
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26328
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Local governmental units are facing a dilemma arising from the responsibility to assure ambulance service to citizens while having little statutory authority to do so. Many counties and cities are working on temporary solutions until the issue can be addressed by the General Assembly.
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26269
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The courts recognize the deceased’s next of kin have the rights to possess the dead body for purpose of burial, and to possess the corpse in the same condition as it was found. North Carolina litigation concerning dead bodies has centered on mutilation, unauthorized autopsies, unauthorized embalming, wrongful detention, failure to properly dispose of the body, and unauthorized photographs of the decedent.
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26287
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New attempts to define death are put in terms of an irreversible condition of unconsciousness, a condition in which the brain is unable to resume normal functioning. This is called cerebral death or brain death.
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19956
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This article seeks to clear up any misunderstandings of the North Carolina drug laws and how they are handled and administered by medical professionals.
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9095
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Environmental health specialists often are concerned about the prospect of being sued by a person who is disgruntled about a permit application denial, permit suspension or revocation, or other negative action. Aimee discusses some of the legal concepts and concerns, including Why would a specialist be sued? Who would be sued? Would the plaintiff win? And Who pays for judgments and settlements?
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10148
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Wall reviews the scope of the new state regulations on drinking water wells and the authority of local governments to adopt more stringent local laws.
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19957
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Previous to the 20th-century, the professional nurse acted only under the instruction or direct supervision of a physician; however, with the advance of medicine in the new century, nurses were required to act more independently of the physician in observing, assessing, and instructing his/her patient. These three activities have been identified as nursing functions by nursing practice acts, professional declarations, and court decisions.
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26275
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Twentieth-century medical progress has required the nurse to act more independently of the physician as the nurse observes, assesses, and instructs the patient. Nursing practice acts, professional declarations, and court decisions have identified these three activities as nursing functions.
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26254
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Restrictions on public smoking have become an issue in North Carolina, following the release of information about the harmful effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. North Carolina courts have not yet been asked to decide the validity of smoking regulations. However, several cities have enacted smoking ordinances, relying on their delegated police power from the state.
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