2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 111 - Aid to the Blind.
§ 111-8. Investigations; eye examination and treatment.
§ 111‑8. Investigations; eye examination and treatment.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall continue to make inquiries concerning the cause of blindness, to learn what proportion of these cases are preventable, and to inaugurate and cooperate in any measure for the State it deems advisable. The Department of Health and Human Services may arrange for the examination of the eyes of blind and visually impaired persons and may secure and pay for medical and surgical treatment for these persons whenever in the judgment of a qualified ophthalmologist or optometrist the eyes of this person may be benefited by the treatment. (1935, c. 53, s. 7; 1973, c. 476, s. 143; 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000‑121, s. 6.)
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