NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 359

HOUSE BILL 165

 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 7A-542 is amended by adding the following paragraph at the end of that section to read:

"The provisions of this Article shall also apply to day-care facilities and day-care plans as defined in G.S. 110-86."

Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-517(5) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(5)      Caretaker. Any person other than a parent who is in care of a juvenile, including any blood relative, stepparent, foster parent, or house parent, cottage parent or other person supervising a juvenile in a child-care facility."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1981.