NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 281

SENATE BILL 88

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH TO IMPOSE FEES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The first paragraph of G.S. 130-17(e) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(e)       A local board of health may contract with any person, including any governmental agency, for the provision or receipt of public health services. A local board of health may also impose a fee for services to be rendered by a local health department, except where the imposition of a fee is prohibited by statute or where an employee of the local health department is performing the services as an agent of the State. Fees shall be based upon a plan recommended by the local health director and approved by the local board of health and the appropriate board or boards of county commissioners."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of April, 1981.