GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-37

HOUSE BILL 59

AN ACT to prohibit sex offenders from being emergency medical services personnel.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E-159 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(h) A person who is required to register as a sex offender under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, or who was convicted of an offense which would have required registration if committed at a time when such registration would have been required by law, shall not be granted EMS credentials. The Department shall not renew the credentials of any person who would be ineligible for EMS credentials under this subsection."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11^th day of April, 2011.

                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                         President of the Senate

                                                    s/  Dale R. Folwell

                                                         Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                         Governor

Approved 4:20 p.m. this 12^th day of April, 2011