GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 719*
Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 7/16/93

Short Title:  Board of Medical Examiners Fees. 	(Public)
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 7, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 Board of Medical Examiners shall, during the month of January, 1958, and during the month of January in every even-numbered year thereafter, register with the secretary-treasurer of said Board his name and office and residence address and such other information as the Board may deem necessary and shall pay a registration fee fixed by the Board not in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.00).  In the event a physician fails to register as herein provided he shall pay an additional amount 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 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 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 a fund for the use of said Board.  The compensation and expenses of the members and officers of the said 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 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 shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($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.  Any unexpended sum or sums of money remaining in the treasury of said Board at the expiration of the terms of office of the members thereof 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.