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26273
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In 1981, the Governmental Evaluation Commission will conduct an appraisal of the performance of state professional licensing boards in the health care field. A critical area in licensing legislation is the language authorizing boards to enforce a code of professional conduct. In several cases, the state supreme court has found such statutes to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority from the General Assembly to the licensing board.
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26274
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North Carolina’s hospital lien law was enacted in 1935 to alleviate the burden on hospitals of treating accident victims who could not pay but would later recover substantial sums in damages from court actions or out-of-court settlements. The law offers illusory relief to medical providers and discomfits insurance carriers, attorneys, and court clerks who are uncertain of their obligations. The state legislature is reviewing a proposed statute that solves many of the problems contained in the original law.
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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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26276
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North Carolina law provides for the appointment of a guardian who can give substitute consent for incompetent patients. There are many problems with the present statute, but the most obvious is that the present proceedings are unconstitutional. An alternative guardianship statute is proposed to provide for a limited guardianship for handicapped adults.
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26277
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Recent Supreme Court decisions have radically altered North Carolina’s laws concerning a minor’s consent to treatment. Minors have the right to consent to abortions during the first three months of pregnancy, the right to obtain pregnancy tests, and may receive family planning services without their parents’ permission.
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26278
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Physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners are new types of medical care specialists. Debate over the legitimacy of these two professions was resolved by legal comparisons and definitions of their roles in health services.
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26279
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The legal recognition of midwifery in North Carolina is in a state of transition. There is currently no legal basis for the training and utilization of nurse-midwives, nor has society expressed the need for promoting their development.
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26280
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The state Emergency Medical Services system has completed their first year of operation. Accomplishments include and established legal basis, personnel recruitment, budget preparation, internal organization, program development, testing of administrative mechanisms, new agency relationships, training and technical services.
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26281
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors received funds to develop a new residency program for graduate training in family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. Residency positions will be at Area Health Education Centers in larger community hospitals, which will also provide continuing education for nursing and other health professions.
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26282
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Several significant statutes were enacted to enhance the ability of local health departments to protect and advance public health. Among these are new provisions to revise composition of local boards of health, establish state standards for public health services, and increase state financial support.
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26283
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Significant new powers and responsibilities relating to septic tank control were given to North Carolina local health departments in the Ground Absorption Sewage Disposal System Act of 1973. The new statute sets out a permits procedure that carries a maximum fine of $200 for violation.
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26284
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Control of public health nuisances is becoming a more demanding task. The Institute of Government conducted a survey of local health departments to determine the extent of activity in dealing with nuisances and other environmental problems. The study concluded that there seems to be no uniformity of enforcement and most counties report little use of their public nuisance powers.
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26285
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This year’s legislative session addressed issues of accessibility of care, systems utilization, agency organization, and program structure and content. Actions were taken to deal with septic-tank regulation, abortion, immunization requirements, and a number of other problems.
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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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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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