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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-219 (2026)

Authorization to secure insurance or provide self-insurance

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The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") is authorized through the purchase of contracts of insurance or the creation of self-insurance trusts, or through combination of such insurance and self-insurance, to provide individual health-care practitioners with coverage against claims of personal tort liability based on conduct within the course and scope of health-care functions undertaken by such individuals as employees, agents, or officers of (i) the University of North Carolina, (ii) any constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, or (iii) any health-care institution, agency or entity which has an affiliation agreement with the University of North Carolina or with a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina. The types of health-care practitioners to which the provisions of this Article may apply include, but are not limited to, medical doctors, dentists, nurses, residents, interns, medical technologists, nurses' aides, and orderlies. Subject to all requirements and limitations of this Article, the coverage to be provided, through insurance or self-insurance or combination thereof, may include provision for the payment of expenses of litigation, the payment of civil judgments in courts of competent jurisdiction, and the payment of settlement amounts, in actions, suits or claims to which this Article applies. (1975, 2nd Sess., c. 976; 1989, c. 141, s. 6; 2023-134, s. 4.10(e).)

 

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Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2014 · leading case: Cinoman v. Univ. of North Carolina, 764 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014).
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Cinoman v. Univ. of North Carolina, 764 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “The UNC LITF is a self-insurance program for professional liability, authorized by N.C.G.S. § 116-219. However, the UNC LITF, by its terms set forth in the UNC LITF Memorandum of Coverage, falls under the exception carved out in Cone Mills Corp.”
Univ. of North Carolina v. Shoemate, 437 S.E.2d 892 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “In addition, North Carolina General Statutes § 116-219 (1987), the statute which authorizes the establishment of a self-insurance program for health-care liability claims, states: The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina .”
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