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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.2

"Treatment" defined

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 254 N.C. App. 295 - Johnson v. Wayne Mem'l Hosp., Inc. (2017)

Most recently applied in 254 N.C. App. 295 - Johnson v. Wayne Mem'l Hosp., Inc. (July 2017)

1965, c. 810, s. 2.

The word "treatment" as used in G.S. 90-21.1 is hereby defined to mean any medical procedure or treatment, including X rays, the administration of drugs, blood transfusions, use of anesthetics, and laboratory or other diagnostic procedures employed by or ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina that is used, employed, or ordered to be used or employed commensurate with the exercise of reasonable care and equal to the standards of medical practice normally employed in the community where said physician administers treatment to said minor.

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