GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 566
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FEES AND PER DIEM OF THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 90-15.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-15.1. Registration every two years with Board.
Every person heretofore or hereafter licensed to
practice medicine by said the Board of Medical Examiners shall,
during the month of January, 1958, and during the month of January in
every even-numbered year thereafter, odd-numbered year, register
with the secretary-treasurer of said Board Board. A person who
registers with the Board shall report to the Board the person's his name
and office and residence address and such any other information as
the Board may deem necessary and required by the Board, and shall
pay a registration fee fixed by the Board not in excess of one two hundred
dollars ($100.00). In the event a ($200.00). A physician
who fails to register as herein provided he when required shall
pay an additional amount fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to the
Board. Should a physician fail to register and pay the fees imposed, and
should such failure continue for a period of 30 days, the license of such
physician may be suspended by the Board, after notice and hearing at the next
regular meeting of the Board. Upon payment of all fees and penalties
which are due, the license of the physician may be reinstated, subject to the
Board requiring the physician to appear before the Board for an interview and
to comply with other licensing requirements."
Sec. 2. G.S. 90-15 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-15. License fee; salaries, fees, and expenses of Board.
Each applicant for a license by examination shall pay to the treasurer
of the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of North Carolina a fee
which shall be prescribed by said the Board in an amount not
exceeding the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) plus the cost of test
materials before being admitted to the examination. Whenever any a
license is granted without examination, as authorized in G.S. 90-13, the
applicant shall pay to the treasurer of the Board a fee in an amount to
be prescribed by the Board not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00). Whenever a limited license is granted as provided in G.S.
90-12, the applicant shall pay to the treasurer of the Board a fee not
to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), except where a limited license
to practice in a medical education and training program approved by the Board
for the purpose of education or training is granted, the applicant shall pay a
fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). A fee of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) shall be paid for the issuance of a duplicate license. All fees
shall be paid in advance to the treasurer of the Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of North Carolina, to be held by him as in a
fund for the use of said the Board. The compensation and
expenses of the members and officers of the said the Board and
all expenses proper and necessary in the opinion of the Board to the discharge
of its duties under and to enforce the laws regulating the practice of medicine
or surgery shall be paid out of said the fund, upon the warrant
of the said Board and all expenses proper and necessary in the opinion of
the officers and members of said Board shall be fixed by the Board but Board.
The per diem compensation of Board members shall not exceed one two
hundred dollars ($100.00) ($200.00) per day per member for
time spent in the performance and discharge of his duties as a member
of said Board, and reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of his duties as a member of said Board. member.
Any unexpended sum or sums of money remaining in the treasury of said the
Board at the expiration of the terms of office of the members thereof of
the Board shall be paid over to their successors in office.
For the initial and annual registration of an assistant to a physician, the Board may require the payment of a fee not to exceed a reasonable amount."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 1994.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives