NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1011

SENATE BILL 448

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER 110 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES ENTITLED "DAY-CARE FACILITIES" TO CHANGE THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLICENSED DAY‑CARE FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 110-104 is to be amended by deleting the period after the word "violated" and adding the words "or when a day-care facility is operating without a license."

Sec. 2.  Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding the following new section following G.S. 110-90:

"§ 110-90.1.  Qualification for staff in a day-care plan. — No day-care plan shall be registered if that plan is operated by or employs any person who has been convicted of a crime involving child abuse, child neglect, or moral turpitude, or who is an habitually excessive user of alcohol or who illegally uses narcotics or other impairing drugs, or who is mentally retarded or mentally ill to an extent that may be injurious to children."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 110-102 is to be amended by rewriting it to read as follows:

"§ 110-102.  Information for parents. — The Secretary of Administration shall provide to each operator of a day-care facility a summary of this Article for the parents, guardian, or full‑time custodian of each child receiving day care in the facility to be distributed by the operator. The summary shall include the name and address of the Secretary of Administration and the address of the commission."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 110-91(1) is hereby amended by inserting in the second paragraph between the words "physician" and "prior" the words "or his authorized agent who is currently approved by the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.