NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 859

HOUSE BILL 811

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 130-9 (e) RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF NURSING HOMES AND BOARDING HOMES FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  That G.S. 130-9 (e) be amended by adding thereto two new subsections to be numbered 5 and 6 and to read as follows:

"(5)      Any person may operate a nursing home, as defined in subsection 2 of this Section, and a home for the aged and infirm, as defined in subsection 4 of this Section, in the same building or in two or more buildings adjoining or next to each other on the same site. In such cases, both the nursing home and the home for the aged and infirm must comply with standards prescribed by, and be licensed by, the State Board of Health; it shall not be necessary for these combination homes to secure a license from any other State agency; and other State agencies shall accept the standards prescribed by, and the license issued by, the State Board of Health. The State Board of Health shall consult with the State Board of Public Welfare regarding the standards for the boarding home area of the homes licensed by the State Board of Health as combination nursing homes and boarding homes for the aged and infirm."

"(6)      It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health, in cooperation with the State Board of Public Welfare, to prescribe the method for the evaluation of residents in homes for the aged and infirm in order to determine when any such residents are in need of professional medical and nursing care as provided in licensed nursing homes."

Sec. 2.  The Governor and Council of State are authorized to allot to the State Board of Health from Contingency and Emergency Funds such additional operating funds as may be required during the 1963-65 biennium to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1963.