NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1219

SENATE BILL 842

AN ACT RELATING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN EMBARKING UPON CAREERS IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER G.S. 131-121, 131-121.3 AND 131‑124 AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF NON-PRACTICING NURSES TO RETURN TO THEIR PROFESSION AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF NEW TRAINING SCHOOLS OF NURSING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 131-121 as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by inserting after paragraph one and before paragraph two a new paragraph, to read as follows:

"The North Carolina Medical Care Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to expend up to thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per biennium from its appropriations for scholarship loans for the purposes of establishing programs for the recruitment of persons interested in embarking upon careers in the health professions who are eligible for financial assistance under G.S. 131-121, 131-121.3 and 131-124, encouraging non-practicing nurses to return to their profession and encouraging the establishment of new training schools of nursing."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1969.