{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1369","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1369","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply to this Article:\n(1)\tCommission. - The Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission.\n(1a)\tDepartment. - The Department of Adult Correction.\n(2)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2021-180, s. 19C.9(ccc), effective January 1, 2023.\n(3)\tGeriatric. - An inmate who is 55 years of age or older and suffers from chronic infirmity, illness, or disease that has progressed such that the inmate is medically incapacitated and is also determined to pose either no risk or low risk to public safety.\n(4)\tInmate. - Any person sentenced to the custody of the Department.\n(5)\tMedical release. - A program enabling the Commission to release inmates who are permanently and totally disabled, terminally ill, or geriatric.\n(6)\tMedical release plan. - A comprehensive written medical and psychosocial care plan that is specific to the inmate and includes, at a minimum, all of the following:\na.\tThe proposed course of treatment.\nb.\tThe proposed site for treatment and post-treatment care.\nc.\tDocumentation that medical providers qualified to provide the medical services identified in the medical release plan are prepared to provide those services.\nd.\tThe financial program in place to cover the cost of this plan for the duration of the medical release, which shall include eligibility for enrollment in commercial insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid or access to other adequate financial resources for the duration of the medical release.\n(7)\tPermanently and totally disabled. - An inmate who, as determined by a licensed physician, suffers from permanent and irreversible physical incapacitation as a result of an existing physical or medical condition that was unknown at the time of sentencing or, since the time of sentencing, has progressed to render the inmate permanently and totally disabled.\n(8)\tTerminally ill. - An inmate who, as determined by a licensed physician, has an incurable condition caused by illness or disease that was unknown at the time of sentencing or, since the time of sentencing, has progressed to render the inmate terminally ill, and that will likely produce death within nine months, and that is so debilitating that the inmate poses no risk or low risk to public safety. (2008-2, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(zzz); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(ccc); 2023-134, s. 19C.6(a).)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","Subchapter XIII. Disposition of Defendants.","Article 84B. Medical Release of Inmates."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-1369.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"e4e0d1313c98899d33e44276a8a3c6a9565bc01da16e6eda2f4e93227f5a4cd0","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1368.6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-1369.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}