SB 570 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Prohibit the Corporate Practice of Medicine.

SB 570 prohibits shared ownership between medical practices (professional corporations) and management services organizations (MSOs) that provide non-clinical services. It requires that if a medical practice contracts with an MSO, the MSO must be owned entirely by licensed medical professionals - preventing physicians from being stakeholders in such MSOs. The bill also mandates that physicians retain full control over patient care decisions without interference from non-licensed individuals, MSO stakeholders, or out-of-state medical professionals. This directly affects medical practices using MSOs for administrative services and aims to ensure clinical decision-making remains under physician control. The law applies to contracts entered into on or after its effective date, with related rules required by October 2026.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025
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Filed Edition 1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill update includes administrative formatting changes and a minor modification to the definition of professional corporations. The document header was updated with the bill number and session details, while the core policy language regarding the prohibition of corporate practice of medicine remains substantively unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability. The changes are primarily administrative and definitional clarifications.
TECHNICAL

Added bill identification information including the bill number (S.B. 570), session year (2025), and filing date (March 25, 2025) to the document header.

Added the Senate Rules and Operations Committee referral date (March 26, 2025) to the bill information section.

Removed the internal document tracking number (DRS15269-NB-1B) from the bill header.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of professional corporations to clarify that stakeholders cannot be stakeholders of a management services organization with which the professional corporation contracts, adding a new line to the existing provision.

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Committee
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Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 25, 2025
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upper
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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