{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-127","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-127","heading":"Department to establish program.","body":"(a)\tThe Department shall establish and administer a perinatal health care program. The program may include, but shall not be limited to:\n(1)\tPrenatal health care services including health education and identification of high-risk pregnancies;\n(2)\tPrenatal, delivery and newborn health care services provided at hospitals participating at graduated levels of complexity; and\n(3)\tRegionalized perinatal health care services including a plan for effective communication, consultation, referral and transportation links among hospitals, health departments, physicians, schools and other relevant community resources for mothers and infants at high risk for mortality and morbidity.\n(b)\tThe Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program. (1973, c. 1240, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 5. Maternal and Child Health and Women's Health.","Part 2. Perinatal Health Care."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-127.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"3330f932bb7c2514179cb2c89cd327c68bb3291590362d0fd21f7534e181c799","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-126","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-128"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}