90-48.1. 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 dentist as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of dentistry as defined in this Chapter. (1965, c. 1169, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
§ 90-23 - Officers; common seal.
§ 90-24 - Quorum; adjourned meetings.
§ 90-25 - Records and transcripts.
§ 90-26 - Annual and special meetings.
§ 90-27 - Judicial powers; additional data for records.
§ 90-28 - Bylaws and regulations; acquisition of property.
§ 90-28.5 - Disasters and emergencies.
§ 90-29 - Necessity for license; dentistry defined; exemptions.
§ 90-29.1 - Extraoral services performed for dentists.
§ 90-29.2 - Requirements in respect to written work orders; penalty.
§ 90-29.3 - Provisional license.
§ 90-29.5 - Instructor's license.
§ 90-30.1 - Standards for general anesthesia and enteral and parenteral sedation; fees authorized.
§ 90-30.2 - Teledentistry practice; definitions; requirements.
§ 90-31 - Annual renewal of licenses.
§ 90-31.1 - Continuing education courses required.
§ 90-32 - Contents of original license.
§ 90-33 - Displaying license and current certificate of renewal.
§ 90-34 - Refusal to grant renewal of license.
§ 90-36 - Licensing practitioners of other states.
§ 90-37 - Certificate issued to dentist moving out of State.
§ 90-37.1 - Limited volunteer dental license.
§ 90-37.2 - Temporary permits for volunteer dentists.
§ 90-38 - Licensing former dentists who have moved back into State or resumed practice.
§ 90-40 - Unauthorized practice; penalty.
§ 90-40.1 - Enjoining unlawful acts.
§ 90-40.2 - Management arrangements.
§ 90-41 - Disciplinary action.
§ 90-42 - Restoration of revoked license.
§ 90-43 - Compensation and expenses of Board.
§ 90-44 - Annual report of Board.
§ 90-46 - Filling prescriptions.
§ 90-48 - Rules of Board; certain information to be made available.
§ 90-48.1 - Free choice by patient guaranteed.
§ 90-48.2 - Board agreements with special peer review organizations for impaired dentists.