2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
Article 1 - Practice of Medicine.
§ 90-18.3 - Medical or physical examination by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
90-18.3. Medical or physical examination by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
(a) Whenever a statute or State agency rule requires that a medical or physical examination shall be conducted by a physician, the examination may be conducted and the form signed by a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant, and a physician need not be present. Nothing in this section shall otherwise change the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant, as defined by G.S. 90-18.1 and G.S. 90-18.2, respectively.
(b) This section shall not apply to physical examinations conducted pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 35; G.S. 15B-12; G.S. 90-14 unless those statutes or rules are amended to make the provisions of this section applicable.
(1999-226, s. 1; 2004-124, s. 18.2(f); 2019-191, s. 37.)
