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84 <br /> provide first aid or emergency treatment health care treatment or because the person <br /> care treatment or because the person <br /> inside is, or is in imminent danger of becoming unconscious, ill, or injured. <br /> It is reasonably apparent that the circumstances require prompt decisions and <br /> actions in medical care, other health care, or other assistance. <br /> The necessity of immediate health care treatment or removal of the person <br /> from the railroad car, motor vehicle, trailer, aircraft, boat, or other watercraft <br /> of any kind is so reasonably apparent that any delay in the rendering of <br /> treatment or removal would seriously worsen the physical condition or <br /> endanger the life of the person. <br /> This section shall not apply to any acts of gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional <br /> wrongdoing_." <br /> SECTION 3.4.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies <br /> to causes of action arising on or after that date. <br /> DIRECT DMV TO ISSUE SUITABLY REDUCED SIZE REGISTRATION PLATES <br /> FOR MOTORCYCLES AND PROPERTY HAULING TRAILERS ATTACHED TO <br /> MOTORCYCLES <br /> SECTION 3.5.(a) G.S. 20-63(d)reads as rewritten: <br /> "(d) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, or <br /> semitrailer shall be attached thereto, one in the front and the other in the rear: Provided, that <br /> when only one registration plate is issued for a motor vehicle other than a truck-tractor, said <br /> registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the motor vehicle. The registration plate issued <br /> for a truck-tractor shall be attached to the front thereof. Provided further, that when only one <br /> registration plate is issued for a motor vehicle and this motor vehicle is transporting a substance <br /> that may adhere to the plate so as to cover or discolor the plate or if the motor vehicle has a <br /> mechanical loading device that may damage the plate, the registration plate may be attached to <br /> the front of the motor vehicle. <br /> Any motor vehicle of the age of 35 years or more from the date of manufacture may bear <br /> the license plates of the year of manufacture instead of the current registration plates, if the <br /> current registration plates are maintained within the vehicle and produced upon the request of <br /> any person. <br /> The Division shall provide registered owners of motorcycles and property hauling <br /> motorcycle trailers attached to the rear of motorcycles with suitably reduced size registration <br /> mss.plates, aproximately four by seven inches in size, that are issued on a multiyear basis in <br /> accordance with G.S. 20-88(c), or on an annual basis as otherwise provided in this Chapter." <br /> SECTION 3.5.(b) This section becomes effective January 1, 2016. <br /> STATUS FOR PROVIDERS OF MH/DD/SA SERVICES WHO ARE NATIONALLY <br /> ACCREDITED <br /> SECTION 3.7. G.S. 122C-81 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 122C-81. National accreditation benchmarks. <br /> (a) As used in this section, the term: <br /> (1) "National accreditation" applies to accreditation by an entity approved by the <br /> Secretary that accredits mental health, developmental disabilities, and <br /> substance abuse services. <br /> (2) "Provider" applies to only those providers of services, including facilities, <br /> requiring national accreditation, which services are designated by the <br /> Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. <br /> (b) The Secretary, through the Medicaid State Plan, Medicaid waiver, or rules adopted <br /> by the Secretary, shall designate the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance <br /> abuse services that require national accreditation. In accordance with rules of the Commission, <br /> the Secretary may exempt a provider that is accredited under this section and in good standing <br /> with the national accrediting agency from undergoing any routine monitoring that is duplicative <br /> of the oversight by the national accrediting agency. <br /> (e) The Commission may adopt rules establishing a procedure by which a provider that <br /> is accredited under this section and in good standing with the national accrediting agency may <br /> be exempt from undergoing any routine monitoring that is duplicative of the oversight by the <br /> national accrediting agency. Any provider shall continue to be subject to inspection by the <br /> Page 10 Session Law 2015-286 House Bill 765-Ratified <br />