NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 765

HOUSE BILL 297

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE 18B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 90-270.25 is amended by replacing the second and third sentences with the following:

"The board shall consist of eight members, including one medical doctor licensed and residing in North Carolina, four physical therapists, two physical therapists assistants, and one public member. The public member shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be a person who is not licensed under G.S. Chapter 90 who shall represent the interest of the public at large. The medical doctor, physical therapists, and physical therapists assistants shall be appointed by the Governor from a list compiled by the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association, Inc., following the use of a nomination procedure made available to all physical therapists and physical therapists assistants licensed and residing in North Carolina. One physical therapist member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one by the Speaker of the House. The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House, respectively, shall fill the first and second vacancies in physical therapist members of the board arising by expiration of term after July 1, 1981, and shall continue to appoint their respective successors; the Governor shall fill all other vacancies arising by expiration of term. The records of the operation of the nomination procedure shall be filed with the board, to be available for a period of six months following nomination, for reasonable inspection by any licensed practitioner."

Sec. 2. G.S. 143-34.12 is amended by deleting line 14 which reads as follows:

"Chapter 90, Article 18, entitled 'Physical Therapy'."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1981.