GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 473*
     

 
Short Title:	Delivery of Devices/Medical Equipment.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Swindell;  Foxx, Garrou, Metcalf, Purcell, and Thomas.	
Referred to:	Commerce.	
March 15, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that any place, whether located in this state or out-of-state, delivering or dispensing devices or medical equipment to a user in this state shall comply with the registration requirements of the board of pharmacy.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑85.22 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑85.22.  Device and medical equipment permits.
(a)	Devices. – Each place, whether located in this State or out-of-state, where devices are dispensed or delivered to the user in this State shall register annually with the Board on a form provided by the Board and obtain a device permit. A business that has a current pharmacy permit does not have to register and obtain a device permit. Records of devices dispensed in pharmacies or other places shall be kept in accordance with rules adopted by the Board.
(b)	Medical Equipment. – Each place, whether located in this State or out-of-state, that delivers medical equipment to the user of the equipment in this State shall register annually with the Board on a form provided by the Board and obtain a medical equipment permit. A business that has a current pharmacy permit or a current device permit does not have to register and obtain a medical equipment permit. Medical equipment shall be delivered only in accordance with requirements established by rules adopted by the Board."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.