NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 7

HOUSE BILL 29

AN ACT TO PERMIT A PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON TO PERFORM A STERILIZATION OPERATION WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH ANOTHER PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-271 as it appears in the 1975 Replacement Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking out the language "and acting in collaboration or consultation with at least one or more physicians or surgeons so licensed," where such language appears immediately following the word "State" in line 1 and immediately preceding the word "when" in line 3.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of February, 1977.