{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-401","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-401","heading":"Referral fees and payment for certain solicitations prohibited.","body":"A health care provider shall not financially compensate in any manner a person, firm, or corporation for recommending or securing the health care provider's employment by a patient, or as a reward for having made a recommendation resulting in the health care provider's employment by a patient. No health care provider who refers a patient of that health care provider to another health care provider shall receive financial or other compensation from the health care provider receiving the referral as a payment solely or primarily for the referral. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a health care provider's purchase of advertising which does not entail direct personal contact or telephone contact of a potential patient. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 858, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 689, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 27. Referral Fees and Payment for Certain Solicitations Prohibited."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-401.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"3f061ea2863e6fb586964c5908a319cd545d3404045198197ff55d7ea396d4a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-400","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-401.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}