North Carolina HB 553: EMT Categorization Change.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 553

Short Title: Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives N. Jackson, Campbell, Potts, and Balkcom (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 31, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT REVISING ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG LAWS. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 14-44.1 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 14-44.1. Providing or advertising abortion-inducing drugs to pregnant woman. 5
(a) Offense. – All of the following are unlawful: 6
(1) For any individual within the State, individual, including a physician, an 7
employee or contractor of a physician's office or clinic, or other abortion 8
provider, or organization within the State, organization, including a 9
physician's office or clinic or other abortion provider, to mail, provide, or 10
supply an abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in violation of 11
G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the 12
abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of 13
a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.unless all 14
of the following conditions are satisfied: 15
a. At least 72 hours prior to mailing, providing, or supplying an 16
abortion-inducing drug, a qualified physician or qualified professional 17
informs the pregnant woman, in person, of the information contained 18
in the consent form identified in G.S. 90-21.83A(b). 19
b. With the exception of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)b., all other informed 20
consent requirements identified in G.S. 90-21.83A(b) are satisfied. 21
c. The abortion-inducing drugs being mailed, provided, or supplied are 22
FDA approved. 23
(2) For any manufacturer or supplier of an abortion-inducing drug to ship or cause 24
to be shipped any abortion-inducing drug directly to a pregnant woman in 25
violation of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. Lack of knowledge or intent that the 26
abortion-inducing drug will be administered outside the physical presence of 27
a physician shall not be a defense to a violation of this subdivision.unless all 28
the following conditions are satisfied: 29
a. At least 72 hours prior to mailing, providing, or supplying an 30
abortion-inducing drug, a qualified physician or qualified professional 31
informs the pregnant woman, in person, of the information contained 32
in the consent form identified in G.S. 90-21.83A(b). 33
b. With the exception of G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)b., all other informed 34
consent requirements identified in G.S. 90-21.83A(b) are satisfied. 35

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c. The abortion-inducing drugs being mailed, provided, or supplied are 1
FDA approved. 2
(3) For any individual or organization to purchase or otherwise procure an 3
advertisement, host or maintain an internet website, or provide an internet 4
service purposefully directed to a pregnant woman who is a resident of this 5
State when the individual or organization knows that the purpose of the 6
advertisement, website, or internet service is solely to promote the sale of an 7
abortion inducing drug to be administered to a woman in violation of 8
G.S. 90-21.83A(b)(2)a. 9
(4) Lack of knowledge or intent that the abortion-inducing drug will be 10
administered outside the physical presence of a physician shall not be a 11
defense to a violation of this subsection. 12
(b) Punishment. – An individual or organization who violates this section commits an 13
infraction as defined in G.S. 14 3.1 and is subject to a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per 14
violation.a Class H felony. 15
(b1) Cause of Action. – Any of the following may bring a civil action for relief in a court 16
of competent jurisdiction: 17
(1) A woman who has suffered an injury from an alleged violation of this section. 18
(2) A parent or guardian of a minor who has suffered an alleged violation of this 19
section. 20
(3) The Attorney General if the Attorney General has reason to believe that a 21
person has violated or is violating this section and the violation affects one or 22
more residents of this State. 23
(b2) Statute of Limitations. – A person shall have three years from the date of the alleged 24
violation or from the date of the initial discovery of an alleged violation. If the woman was a 25
minor at the time of an alleged violation, then the woman shall have three years from the date 26
that she attains the age of majority, or if brought by a parent or guardian, within three years of 27
the date of the alleged violation or from the date of the initial discovery of an alleged violation. 28
(b3) Civil Remedies. – In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty authorized by law, 29
any person authorized to institute a civil action for relief under this section may seek and a cour