North Carolina General Statutes
Article 19 - Sterilization Operations.
§ 90-274 - No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation.

90-274. No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation.
Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician or surgeon licensed by this State shall be liable either civilly or criminally by reason of having performed a surgical interruption of vas deferens or Fallopian tubes authorized by the provisions of this Article upon any person in this State. (1963, c. 600.)

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Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations

Article 19 - Sterilization Operations.

§ 90-271 - Operation lawful upon request of married person or person over 18.

§ 90-272 - Operation on unmarried minor.

§ 90-274 - No liability for nonnegligent performance of operation.

§ 90-275 - Article does not affect duty of guardian to obtain order permitting guardian to consent to sterilization of a ward with a mental illness or intellectual disability.