GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 719*
Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 7/16/93
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 7/21/93
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/8/94

Short Title:  Board of Medical Examiners Fees. 	(Public)
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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 licensed to practice medicine by the Board of Medical Examiners shall, during the month of January in every odd-numbered year, register with the Board.  A person who registers with the Board shall report to the Board the person's name and office and residence address and any other information required by the Board, and shall pay a registration fee fixed by the Board not in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.00).  A physician who fails to register when required shall pay an additional 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 Board of Medical Examiners of the State of North Carolina a fee which shall be prescribed by 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 a license is granted without examination, as authorized in G.S. 90-13, the applicant shall pay to 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 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 Board of Medical Examiners of the State of North Carolina, to be held in a fund for the use of the Board.  The compensation and expenses of the members and officers of the 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 the fund, upon the warrant of the Board.  The per diem compensation of Board members shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) per day per member for time spent in the performance and discharge of duties as a member.  Any unexpended sum or sums of money remaining in the treasury of the Board at the expiration of the terms of office of the members 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.