GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 479

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/14/13

Short Title:        Amend Electrolysis Practice Act/Fees.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 1, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT Amending the Electrolysis Practice Act to authorize the Board of electrolysis Examiners to hold and use funds AND to make conforming amendments.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 88A-7 is repealed.

SECTION 2.  G.S. 88A-8 reads as rewritten:

"§ 88A-8.  The Board may accept contributions, etc.Custody and use of funds; contributions.

(a) All fees payable to the Board shall be deposited by the executive director or treasurer in a bank or other financial institution authorized by the Board. The bank or other financial institution shall have deposit insurance and be authorized to do business in this State. Funds received pursuant to this section and any interest earned on those funds shall be held and expended under the supervision of the Board and shall be used to pay all expenses incurred by the Board in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.

(b)        The Board may accept grants, contributions, devises, and gifts that shall be kept in the same account as the funds deposited in accordance with G.S. 88A-7 subsection (a) of this section and shall be used to carry out the provisions of this Chapter."

SECTION 3.  G.S. 88A-9(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       All salaries, compensation, and expenses incurred or allowed for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this Chapter shall be paid by the Board exclusively out of the fees received by the Board as authorized by this Chapter, or funds received pursuant to G.S. 88A-7.G.S. 88A-8. No salary, expense, or other obligations of the Board may be charged against the General Fund of the State. Neither the Board nor any of its officers or employees may incur any expense, debt, or other financial obligation binding upon the State."

SECTION 4.  G.S. 88A-11.1(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)       Each laser hair practitioner shall practice laser, light source, or pulsed-light treatments under the supervision of a physician licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes. The physician shall be readily available, but not required to be on site when the laser, light source, or pulsed-light treatments are being performed. However, the authority to regulate laser clinicianshair practitioners shall remain with the Board."

SECTION 8.  This act is effective when it becomes law.