---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Treatment by Internet/Toll-Free Number."
description: "Medical Treatment by Internet/Toll-Free Number."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "North Carolina SB 118 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "INTERNET", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. FORRESTER", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-08"
last_action: "2001-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aba4f19-08e1-490e-8e6e-6f54de97abcf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S118&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "22915985cf035a71f32880e27885409980838992d79fd6fef3d3d0555547fcd7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 118 (2001) — Medical Treatment by Internet/Toll-Free Number.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-04-19** Ch. SL 2001-27 `became-law`
- **2001-04-19** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-12** Pres. To Gov. 4/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-04-11** Ratified
- **2001-04-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2001
- **2001-04-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-12** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aba4f19-08e1-490e-8e6e-6f54de97abcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).