{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-203","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-203","heading":"Coverage.","body":"(a)\tExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person or other entity shall operate or represent himself or itself to the public as operating a hospice, a hospice inpatient facility, or a hospice residential care facility, or offer or represent himself or itself to the public as offering hospice services without obtaining a license from the Department pursuant to this Article.\n(b)\tHospices administered by local health departments established under Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes shall not be required to be licensed under this Article. Additionally, health care facilities and agencies licensed under Article 5 or 6 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes shall not be required to be separately licensed under this Article. However, any facility or agency exempted from licensure under this subsection which operates a hospice, a hospice inpatient facility, or a hospice residential care facility, or offers hospice services shall be subject to rules adopted pursuant to this Article.\n(c)\tHospice care shall be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1022, s. 1; 1993, c. 376, s. 7.)","path":["Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services.","Article 10. Hospice Licensure Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-203.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:12Z","sha256":"660dd9ebee0028e73a640925b0d07596690d5f4bde590a40594819a6a6fcf53e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-202","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}