GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

SESSION LAW 2017-131

HOUSE BILL 258

AN ACT amending the definition of health care provider in article 1b of chapter 90 of the general statutes to include paramedics.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑21.11(1) reads as rewritten:

"(1)      Health care provider. – Without limitation, any of the following:

…

e. Any paramedic, as defined in G.S. 131E‑155(15a)."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to causes of action arising on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28^th day of June, 2017.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

Approved 4:07 p.m. this 20^th day of July, 2017