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� 5-199 (P <br /> v <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes S 153A-225 requires <br /> counties operating local confinement facilities (jails) to <br /> develop a plan for providing medical care for prisoners in the <br /> facility which plan must include providing medical supervision of <br /> prisoners and emergency medical care for prisoners to the extent <br /> necessary for their health and welfare; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes S 153A-224 requires <br /> the local confinement facility custodial personnel to secure <br /> emergency medical care from a licensed physician, according to <br /> the plan for medical care, and if that physician is unavailable, <br /> the confinement facility custodial personnel must secure medical <br /> services from any licensed physician who is available; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes S 153A-224 states <br /> that the unit of government operating the local confinement <br /> facility shall pay the cost of emergency medical services <br /> provided under that statute; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes 5 153A-224 states <br /> that any person who violates any provision of that statute is <br /> guilty of a misdemeanor; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Court of Appeals in a case <br /> affirmed by the North Carolina Supreme Court, UNC v. Hill and <br /> Alamance County, 96 N.C.App. 673, 386 S.E.2d 755, aff'd per <br /> curiam, 327 N.C. 465, 396 S.E.2d 323 (1990) , held that the above <br /> stated statutes taken together require that a county provide <br /> 1 <br />