NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 728

HOUSE BILL 1270

 

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE MANNER OF SELECTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-277 as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes is hereby amended and rewritten to read:

"§ 90-277.  Composition of board — There is hereby created the State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators which shall consist of eight members. The Secretary of Human Resources or his designee shall be an ex officio member who shall serve as secretary for the board and have no vote. The remaining seven members shall be voting members who meet the following criteria:

(1)        They shall be individuals representative of the professions and institutions concerned with the care and treatment of chronically ill or infirm elderly patients.

(2)        Less than a majority of the board members shall be representative of a single profession or institutional category.

(3)        The noninstitutional members shall have no direct financial interest in nursing homes, with nursing home administrators being considered as representatives of institutions for the purpose of interpreting the applicability of this subsection.

(4)        Three of the Board members shall be licensed nursing home administrators.

Effective July 1, 1973, the Governor shall appoint three members, one of whom shall be a licensed nursing home administrator, for terms of three years, and four members, two of whom shall be licensed nursing home administrators, for terms of two years. Thereafter, all terms shall be three years. However, no member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. Any vacancy occurring in the position of an appointive member shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term in the same manner as for new appointments. Appointive members may be removed by the Governor for cause after due notice and hearing."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.