SB 743 Summary

• Creates new "retired limited volunteer license" for physicians and physician assistants with inactive licenses to provide services at clinics treating indigent patients without compensation.

• Expands limited volunteer licenses to allow practice at clinics serving indigent patients for no more than 30 days per calendar year, removing previous military-only restrictions.

• Eliminates application and annual registration fees for physicians holding limited volunteer licenses under G.S. 90-12.1A.

• Establishes liability protections for nonprofit community health referral services that maintain insurance coverage and refer uninsured patients to volunteer healthcare providers.

• Broadens liability protections to include volunteer providers at nonprofit community health referral services, extending existing protections that previously applied only to free clinics and health departments.