GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 884

HOUSE BILL 1191

AN ACT TO EXEMPT PRIVATE HOMES OFFERING BED AND BREAKFAST ACCOMMODATIONS FROM THE FOOD AND LODGING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE HEALTH SERVICES COMMISSION TO ADOPT RULES BY JULY 1, 1984.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 72-49 is amended by adding a new first sentence to the end to read:

"This Article shall not apply to private homes offering bed and breakfast accommodations to eight or less persons per night until such time as the Health Services Commission adopts rules regulating them in accordance with this Article. The Commission is authorized and directed to adopt reasonable rules pursuant hereto to become effective no later than July 1, 1984."

Sec. 2.  The Codifier of Statutes may, pursuant to G.S. 164-10(f), codify Section 1 of this act wherever appropriate in the Public Health Laws.

Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act is effective upon ratification.  Section 2 of this act shall become effective January 1, 1984.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, 1983.