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/' - ATTACH MENT B <br /> <br />! 131E.126 GENERAL ~-'T. TUTE~ OF NORTH CAROLINA § 131E-128 <br /> <br />{ 131E-126. Penalties. <br /> (&) The Department shall impo~e~n ~dminlstrative penalty in accord~noe <br />with pr~vision~ ot' thin Part on any mcility: <br /> (I) ..Wl~.ich fails to comply with either the entire ~ction ofpatient~~ rirh~ <br /> listed in G.K 131E-117 or with any one o~ thew right~ <br /> endanger* the I~alth, ~ffety ~ waif .a~eofa patient. <br /> (2) Which rerun, to allow an authorized ~pre~nta~tiv.e of the <br /> meat to ir2pact the premises and recora~ o/me mcility. <br /> (b) Each day of a continued violation shall constitute a eepa~rate violation. <br />The penalty for each violation shall be ten ~tollas~ ($10.00) per a~y per patient <br />affec~d by the violation. <br /> (c) Any facility wi~hin~ to contest a penalty shall be entitled to an <br />istrative hearing ae prowded in the Administrative Procedure Ac% Chapter <br />150A Of the General Statutes. <br /> (d} The Secretar~ may bring a civil action in the Superior Court of Wake <br />County to recover the amount of the administrative penalty whenever a facil. <br />ity: <br /> (1} Which hz~ not requested an administrative hearing fails to pay the <br /> penaltywithin 60 days after being notified of the penalty, or <br /> (2) Whichhas requested an administrative hearing fans to pay the pen- <br /> airy within 60 days after receipt of a written copy of the decision <br /> provided in G.S. 150A-36. (1977, e. 897, s. 1; 1981, c. 197; 1983, c. 775, <br /> a. 1.) <br /> <br />§ 131E-127. No interference with practice of medicine or <br /> physician-patient relationship. <br /> Nothing in this P~'t shell be constn~ed to interfere with the practice of <br />medicine or the physician-patient relationship. (1977, c. 897, s. 1~ 1983, c. 775, <br />a. 1.) <br /> <br />§ 131E-128. Nursing home advisory conunittees. <br /> fa) It is the purpose of the General Assembly that community advisory <br />committees work to maintain the intent of this Part within the nursing homes <br />in this State, including nursing homes operated by hospitals licensed under <br />Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E. It is the further purpose of the General A~em- <br />bly that the committees promote community involvement and cooperation with <br />nursing homes and an integration of these homes into a system of care for the <br />elderly. <br /> (b) (1) A community advisory committee shall be established in each county <br /> which has a nursing home, including a nursing home operated by n <br /> hospital llconsed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, shall serve all <br /> the homes in the county, and shall work with each home in the best <br /> interest of the persona residing in each home. In a county which has <br /> one, two, or three nursing homes, the committee shall have five mem- <br /> bets. In a county with four or more nursing homes, the committee <br /> ahall have one additional member for each nursing home in exce~ of <br /> three. <br /> (2) In each county with four or more nursing homes, the committee shall <br /> e~tablish a subcommittee of no more than five members and no fewer <br /> than three members from the committee for each nursing home in the <br /> county. Each member must sorve on at least one subcommittee. <br /> (3) Each committee shall be appointed by the board of count~ commis- <br /> aioners. O1' the members, a minority (not le~ than one-third, but as <br /> close to one-third as possible} must be chosen from among porsens <br /> <br /> 428 <br /> <br /> <br />