GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 118

 
 
Short Title:	Medical Treatment by Internet/Toll-Free Number.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Forrester, Purcell;  Carpenter, Carter, Dalton, Foxx, Hoyle, Lucas, and Rand.	
Referred to:	Health Care.	
February 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the north carolina medical Board to require any person treating a patient by use of the internet or a toll-free telephone number to obtain a license in this state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑18 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	No person shall treat or prescribe medication to a patient by use of the Internet or a toll-free telephone number unless the person is licensed and registered in this State as provided in this Article. This subsection shall not apply to an out-of-state physician who is contacted by one of his or her regular patients for treatment by use of the Internet or a toll-free phone line while the patient is temporarily in this State."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.