GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 835

HOUSE BILL 543

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR NURSING HOMES IN QUALIFYING COUNTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE NURSING HOMES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, including Chapter 1127, Section 31 of the 1981 Session Laws and any other similar or special provision found in the 1983 Session Laws, if a county has a population of 25,000 or more and if no nursing home licensed under G.S. 130-9(e) is located in such county, the Department of Human Resources may issue a certificate of need under Article 18 of Chapter 131 of the General Statutes for the establishment of one nursing home in the county; provided that the proposal meets all the relevant review criteria set forth in Article 18 of Chapter 131 of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including the State Medical Facilities Plan.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, 1983.