---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enteral Sedation/Dentist Permits."
description: "Enteral Sedation/Dentist Permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 772"
citation: "North Carolina SB 772 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANESTHESIOLOGY", "BOARDS", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WELLONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-29"
last_action: "2002-01-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ab104d-3d4a-41a5-acf2-ee86582fedc8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S772&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5fb39e6f5647eb8758a3938af7fdcf314790a63c9466cccc64dcccb854a113f3"
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 772 (2001) — Enteral Sedation/Dentist Permits.

## 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/S772v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S772v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S772v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-04** Ch. SL 2001-511 `became-law`
- **2002-01-04** Signed By Gov. 1/4/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-06** Pres. To Gov. 12/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-06** Ratified
- **2001-12-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-12-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-10-02** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-09-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ab104d-3d4a-41a5-acf2-ee86582fedc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).