N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.2
"Treatment" defined
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As of June 1, 2021
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.
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.
History
(1965, c. 810, s. 2.)
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For article, "Measuring Medical Practice Patterns: Sources of Evidence from Health Services Research," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 779 (2002).
For article, "Using Statistical Evidence to Prove the Malpractice Standard of Care: Bridging Legal, Clinical, and Statistical Thinking," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 821 (2002).
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For article, "Following the Man on the Clapham Omnibus: Social Science Evidence in Malpractice Litigation," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 903 (2002).
For article, "Unwarranted Variations in the Quality of Health Care: Can the Law Help Medicine Provide a Remedy/Remedies," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 925 (2002).
For comment, "Setting the 'Bar' in North Carolina Medical Malpractice Litigation: Working with the Standard of Care that Everyone Loves to Hate," see 89 N.C.L. Rev. 234 (2010).
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.