90-21.20A. Reporting by physicians of pilots' mental or physical disabilities or infirmities.
(a) A physician who reports to a government agency responsible for pilots' licenses or certificates or a government agency responsible for air safety that a pilot or an applicant for a pilot's license or certificate suffers from or probably suffers from a physical disability or infirmity that the physician believes will or reasonably could affect the person's ability to safely operate an aircraft shall have immunity, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as the result of making such a report.
(b) A physician who gives testimony about a pilot's or an applicant's mental or physical disability or infirmity in any administrative hearing or other proceeding held to consider the issuance, renewal, revocation, or suspension of a pilot's license or certificate shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as the result of such testimony. (1997-464, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
Article 1C - Physicians and Hospital Reports.
§ 90-21.20 - Reporting by physicians and hospitals of wounds, injuries and illnesses.
§ 90-21.20A - Reporting by physicians of pilots' mental or physical disabilities or infirmities.
§ 90-21.20B - Access to and disclosure of medical information for certain purposes.