N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-14.3
Notwithstanding this Article or any other applicable State law, a municipality or hospital authority, or a nonprofit corporation controlled or established by a municipality or hospital authority, may enter into any transaction or agreement with a political subdivision of the State established under G.S. 116-350.5, or any of that political subdivision's component units or System affiliates, for the direct or indirect lease, sale, conveyance, assignment, or acquisition of, or acceptance of membership interest in, a hospital facility or any part of a hospital facility. No party to a transaction or agreement permitted by this section is required to comply with G.S. 131E-8, 131E-13, or 131E-14 in conjunction with entering into or effectuating any such transaction or agreement.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-14.3