NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 610

HOUSE BILL 743

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 58-260 WITH REGARD TO PAYMENT OF DISABILITY PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN POLICIES OF INSURANCE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 58-260 is hereby amended by inserting in the second paragraph between the first and second sentences thereof, a new sentence to read as follows:

"Whenever any policy of insurance governed by this Chapter provides for certification of disability which is within the scope of practice of a duly licensed physician, or a duly licensed optometrist, or a duly licensed podiatrist, or a duly licensed dentist, or a duly licensed chiropractor, the insured or other persons entitled to benefits under such policy shall be entitled to payment of or reimbursement for such disability whether such disability be certified by a duly licensed physician, or a duly licensed optometrist, or a duly licensed podiatrist, or a duly licensed dentist, or a duly licensed chiropractor, notwithstanding any provision contained in such policy."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.