North Carolina § 99E-65 - Standard of proof.
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§ 99E-65. Standard of proof.
In any civil action arising from any act or omission by the defendant in the performance of any lawful and prescribed actions pertaining to the defendant's assigned job duties as a 911 or public safety telecommunicator or dispatcher at a primary public safety answering point as defined in G.S. 143B-1400 or at any public safety agency to which 911 calls are transferred from a primary PSAP as defined in 143B-1400 for dispatch of appropriate public safety agencies, the plaintiff's burden of proof shall be by clear and convincing evidence. History (2015-71, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-71, s. 2, made this Article effective June 11, 2015, and applicable to any cause of action arising on or after that date. This section was enacted as G.S. 99E-56 and was redesignated as G.S. 99E-65 pursuant to direction from the Revisor of Statutes. §§ 99E-66 through 99E-69: Reserved for future codification purposes. :ao § 99E-69
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