North Carolina § 131E-154.2 Definitions

North Carolina Statutes

§ 131E-154.2 — Definitions

North Carolina § 131E-154.2

Ch. 131EHealth Care Facilities and Services

Art. 6Health Care Facility Licensure Act

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-154.2 (2026).

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The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1)Commission. - The North Carolina Medical Care Commission.

(2)Department. - The Department of Health and Human Services.

(3)Health care facility. - A hospital; psychiatric facility; rehabilitation facility; long-term care facility; home health agency; intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; chemical dependency treatment facility; and ambulatory surgical facility.

(4)Nursing pool. - Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nursing personnel, including nurses, nursing assistants, nurses aides, and orderlies. "Nursing pool" does not include an individual who engages solely in provi

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The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Commission. - The North Carolina Medical Care Commission.
(2) Department. - The Department of Health and Human Services.
(3) Health care facility. - A hospital; psychiatric facility; rehabilitation facility; long-term care facility; home health agency; intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; chemical dependency treatment facility; and ambulatory surgical facility.
(4) Nursing pool. - Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nursing personnel, including nurses, nursing assistants, nurses aides, and orderlies. "Nursing pool" does not include an individual who engages solely in providing the individual's own services on a temporary basis to health care facilities.
(5) Trauma. - Acute physical injury to the human body that is judged, by the use of standardized field triage criteria (anatomic, physiologic, or mechanism of injury), to create a significant risk of mortality or major morbidity. (1989, c. 744, s. 1; 1993, c. 336, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2019-76, s. 18.)