Bill Summaries: S389 (2023-2024 Session)

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  • Summary date: Jul 10 2023 - View summary

    AN ACT TO ALLOW PERSONS SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO GIVE OR DONATE BLOOD WITH WRITTEN PARENTAL CONSENT AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE MIDWIFERY STATUTES. SL 2023-79. Enacted July 7, 2023. Effective July 7, 2023, except as otherwise provided.


  • Summary date: Jun 20 2023 - View summary

    House committee substitute to the 2nd edition adds the following content.

    Amends GS 90-178.2, as amended by SL 2023-14, containing the definitions of terms applicable to Article 10A, Practice of Midwifery, of GS Chapter 90 as follows. Amends the definition of interconceptional to clarify that it includes perimenopause care. Amends the definition of prenatal care to define it as care focused on the promotion of a healthy (was, normal) pregnancy using management strategies and therapeutics as indicated, including the specified activities. Effective October 1, 2023.

    Amends GS 90-178.4(a3), as enacted in SL 2023-14, by specifying that the entity responsible for adopting rules governing the safety of home births attended by a Certified Nurse Midwife is the joint subcommittee of the North Carolina Medical Board and the Board of Nursing, including the four additional members required by the act. Also amends the statute by adding that the joint subcommittee has the authority to adopt, amend, and repeal rules necessary to administer Article 10A. Effective October 1, 2023.

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles. 


  • Summary date: May 2 2023 - View summary

    Senate amendment to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

    Further amends GS 130A-412.31 by adding that a person 16 or 17 years old may give or donate blood with the written consent of the donor's parent or guardian. Makes a technical changes. Amends the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Mar 28 2023 - View summary

    Amends GS 130A-412.31 as title indicates.