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NC S641

HEALTHCAREINTRODUCED

Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act

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A) A medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer shall have the right not to participate in or pay for any health care service which violates his, her, or its conscience.

B) No medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for exercising his, her, or its right of conscience not to participate in or pay for a health care service. No health care institution shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for the exercise of conscience rights not to participate in a health care service by a medical practitioner employed, contracted, or granted admitting privileges by the health care institution.

Legislative Session

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2023-2024 Session

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History

DateAction
2023-04-06Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
2023-04-06Passed 1st Reading
2023-04-05Filed