Section 131E-145 - Title; purpose(a) This Part shall be known as the "Ambulatory Surgical Facility Licensure Act."(b) The purpose of this Part is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of basic standards: (1) For the care and treatment of individuals in ambulatory surgical facilities; and(2) For the maintenance and operation of ambulatory surgical facilities so as to ensure safe and adequate treatment of such individuals in ambulatory surgical facilities.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-145
1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1214, s. 1; 1983, c. 775, s. 1.