NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 135

HOUSE BILL 155

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL STATUTES WITH REGARD TO PHYSICIANS QUALIFIED TO TREAT WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION CLAIMANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. Sec. 97-27(b) is hereby amended in line six thereof after the words "North Carolina" by adding "or by a duly qualified physician or surgeon licensed to practice in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee provided said nonresident physician or surgeon shall have been approved by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and his name placed on the Commission's list of approved nonresident physicians and surgeons,".

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 27th day of March, 1969.