NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 965

HOUSE BILL 443

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 97-53 OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-53, as the same appears in the Replacement Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (13) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(13)    Infection or inflammation of the skin, eyes, or other external contact surfaces or oral or nasal cavities or any other internal or external organ or organs of the body due to irritating oils, cutting compounds, chemical dust, liquids, fumes, gases or vapors, and any other materials or substances.

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to cases of occupational diseases not included in said subsection prior to the effective date of this Act unless the last exposure in an occupation subject to the hazards of such disease occurred on or after the effective date of this Act."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1963.