North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - Adoption of Minors.
§ 48-3-401 - "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined.

48-3-401. "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined.
As used in this Article:
(1) "Health care facility" includes a hospital and maternity home; and
(2) "Attending practitioner" includes a physician, licensed nurse, or other licensed professional provider of health care who assists in a birth. (1995, c. 457, s. 2.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 48 - Adoptions

Article 3 - Adoption of Minors.

§ 48-3-100 - Application of Article.

§ 48-3-201 - Who may place minors for adoption.

§ 48-3-202 - Direct placement for adoption.

§ 48-3-203 - Agency placement adoption.

§ 48-3-204 - Recruitment of adoptive parents.

§ 48-3-205 - Disclosure of background information.

§ 48-3-206 - Affidavit of parentage.

§ 48-3-207 - Interstate placements.

§ 48-3-301 - Preplacement assessment required.

§ 48-3-302 - Request for preplacement assessment.

§ 48-3-303 - Content and timing of preplacement assessment.

§ 48-3-304 - Fees for preplacement assessment.

§ 48-3-305 - Agency disposition of preplacement assessments.

§ 48-3-306 - Favorable preplacement assessments.

§ 48-3-307 - Assessments completed after placement.

§ 48-3-308 - Response to unfavorable preplacement assessment.

§ 48-3-309 - Mandatory preplacement criminal checks of prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt a minor who is in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services and mandatory preplacement criminal checks of all...

§ 48-3-401 - "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined.

§ 48-3-402 - Authorization required to transfer physical custody.

§ 48-3-501 - Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions.

§ 48-3-502 - Agency entitled to custody in placement by agency.

§ 48-3-601 - Persons whose consent to adoption is required.

§ 48-3-602 - Consent of incompetent parents.

§ 48-3-603 - Persons whose consent is not required.

§ 48-3-604 - Execution of consenttiming.

§ 48-3-605 - Execution of consentprocedures.

§ 48-3-606 - Content of consent; mandatory provisions.

§ 48-3-607 - Consequences of consent.

§ 48-3-608 - Revocation of consent.

§ 48-3-609 - Challenges to validity of consent.

§ 48-3-610 - Collateral agreements.

§ 48-3-701 - Individuals who may relinquish minor; timing.

§ 48-3-702 - Procedures for relinquishment.

§ 48-3-703 - Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions.

§ 48-3-704 - Content of relinquishment; optional provisions.

§ 48-3-705 - Consequences of relinquishment.

§ 48-3-706 - Revocation of relinquishments.

§ 48-3-707 - Challenges to validity of relinquishments.