90-127.1. Free choice by patient guaranteed.
No agency of the State, county or municipality, nor any commission or clinic, nor any board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the State of North Carolina shall deny to the recipients or beneficiaries of their aid or services the freedom to choose a duly licensed optometrist or duly licensed physician as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of optometry as defined in this Chapter. (1965, c. 396, s. 3; 1973, c. 800, s. 25.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
§ 90-115 - Practice without registration unlawful.
§ 90-115.1 - Acts not constituting the unlawful practice of optometry.
§ 90-116 - Board of Examiners in Optometry.
§ 90-117 - Officers; common seal.
§ 90-117.1 - Quorum; adjourned meetings.
§ 90-117.2 - Records and transcripts.
§ 90-117.3 - Annual and special meetings.
§ 90-117.4 - Judicial powers; additional data for records.
§ 90-117.5 - Bylaws and regulations.
§ 90-118.1 - Contents of original license.
§ 90-118.2 - Displaying license and current certificate of renewal.
§ 90-118.3 - Refusal to grant renewal of license.
§ 90-118.4 - Duplicate licenses.
§ 90-118.5 - Licensing practitioners of other states.
§ 90-118.6 - Certificate issued to optometrist moving out of State.
§ 90-118.7 - Licensing former optometrists who have moved back into State or resumed practice.
§ 90-118.10 - Annual renewal of licenses.
§ 90-118.11 - Unauthorized practice; penalty for violation of Article.
§ 90-119 - Persons in practice before passage of statute.
§ 90-121.1 - Board may enjoin illegal practices.
§ 90-121.2 - Rules and regulations; discipline, suspension, revocation and regrant of certificate.
§ 90-121.4 - Restoration of revoked license.
§ 90-121.6 - Reporting and publication of judgments, awards, payments, and settlements.
§ 90-122 - Compensation and expenses of Board.
§ 90-123.1 - Continuing education courses required.
§ 90-124 - Rules of Board; certain information to be made available.
§ 90-125 - Practicing under other than own name or as a salaried or commissioned employee.
§ 90-127 - Application of Article.
§ 90-127.1 - Free choice by patient guaranteed.