Title: S.L. 1977-467

General Assembly of North Carolina	1977

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 467
HOUSE BILL 1125

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 131 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOSPITALS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 7 of Chapter 131 is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"§ 131-53.1.  Treatment of related diseases. — McCain Hospital, in addition to the power and authority vested in it for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, is authorized to admit and treat patients afflicted with pulmonary, cancer, and other chronic diseases to the same extent as it now accepts and treats persons afflicted with tuberculosis.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 131-54 is hereby amended on line 1 by deleting the words "Tuberculosis Sanatoriums" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "North Carolina Specialty Hospitals", and on line 10 by deleting the words "Tuberculosis Sanatoriums" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "North Carolina Specialty Hospitals", and on line 18 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 131-56 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.  G.S. 131-58 is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the words "the State sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "McCain Hospital" and on line 4 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 5.  G.S. 131-61.1 is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the word "Sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Hospital".
Sec. 6.  G.S. 131-72 is hereby amended on lines 2 and 3 and on line 13 by deleting the words "Western North Carolina Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Western North Carolina Hospital".
Sec. 7.  G.S. 131-73 is hereby amended on line 3 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 8.  G.S. 131-74 is hereby amended on lines 3 and 5 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 9.  G.S. 131-76 shall be rewritten as follows:
"§ 131-76.  Establishment of Eastern North Carolina Hospital. — There shall be established in eastern North Carolina, in the manner hereinafter set out, a hospital for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, pulmonary, cancer, and other chronic diseases, to be known as the 'Eastern North Carolina Hospital'."
Sec. 10.  G.S. 131-77 is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 11.  G.S. 131-78.1 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 12.  G.S. 131-80 is hereby amended on line 3 by deleting the first and ninth word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 13.  G.S. 131-81 is hereby amended on lines 3 and 5 by deleting the word "sanatorium" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hospital".
Sec. 14.  Article 9A of Chapter 131 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 15.  G.S. 131-127 is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the words "Cerebral Palsy and Crippled" and on line 3 by deleting the words "of North Carolina".
Sec. 16.  G.S. 131-133 is hereby amended on line 2 by deleting the words "Cerebral Palsy and Crippled" and on line 3 by deleting the words "of North Carolina".
Sec. 17.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1977.

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