North Carolina § 90-21 - 2. "Treatment" defined.

§ 90-21. 2. "Treatment" defined.

The word "treatment" as used in G.S. 90-21.1 is hereby defined to mean any medical procedure or treatment, including X rays, the administration of drugs, blood transfusions, use of anesthetics, and laboratory or other diagnostic procedures employed by or ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina that is used, employed, or ordered to be used or employed commensurate with the exercise of reasonable care and equal to the standards of medical practice normally employed in the community where said physician administers treatment to said minor. History (1965, c. 810, s. 2.) Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Operationalizing the Standard of Medical Care: Uses and Limitations of Epidemiology to Guide Expert Testimony in Medical Negligence Allegations," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 675 (2002). For article, "Jurors as Beneficiaries of Proposals to Objectify Proof of the Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice Cases," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 943 (2002). For article, "Observations on the Search for Objective Proof of the Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice Cases," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 953 (2002). For article, "Ascertaining Customary Care in Malpractice Cases: Asking Those Who Know," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 699 (2002). For article, "Empirical Evidence and Malpractice Litigation," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 757 (2002). For article, "Measuring Medical Practice Patterns: Sources of Evidence from Health Services Research," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 779 (2002). For article, "Using Statistical Evidence to Prove the Malpractice Standard of Care: Bridging Legal, Clinical, and Statistical Thinking," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 821 (2002). For article, "Determining the Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice: The Physician's Perspective," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 861 (2002). For article, "The Process of Managing Medical Malpractice Cases: The Role of Standard of Care," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 877 (2002). For article, "Following the Man on the Clapham Omnibus: Social Science Evidence in Malpractice Litigation," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 903 (2002). For article, "Unwarranted Variations in the Quality of Health Care: Can the Law Help Medicine Provide a Remedy/Remedies," see 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 925 (2002). For comment, "Setting the 'Bar' in North Carolina Medical Malpractice Litigation: Working with the Standard of Care that Everyone Loves to Hate," see 89 N.C.L. Rev. 234 (2010).