143-300.5. Regulations for providing defense counsel.
The Governor may issue regulations for the defense of employees or former employees of the State pursuant to this Article through one or more of the following methods as may be appropriate to the employee or class of employees in question:
(1) By the Attorney General;
(2) By employing other counsel for this purpose as provided in G.S. 147-17;
(3) By authorizing the purchase of insurance which requires that the insurer provide or underwrite the cost of the defense; or
(4) By authorizing defense by counsel assigned to or employed by the department, agency, board, commission, institution, bureau, or authority which employed the person requesting the defense. (1967, c. 1092, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Article 31A - Defense of State Employees, Medical Contractors and Local Sanitarians.
§ 143-300.3 - Defense of State employees.
§ 143-300.4 - Grounds for refusal of defense.
§ 143-300.5 - Regulations for providing defense counsel.
§ 143-300.6 - Payments of judgments; compromise and settlement of claims.
§ 143-300.7 - Defense of medical contractors[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143-300.8 - Defense of local sanitarians.
§ 143-300.9 - Payment of excess damages relating to unconstitutional taxes.
§ 143-300.10 - Payment of excess damages relating to unconstitutional goals program.