A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee to study certain issues, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, AND TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO OBTAIN CRIMINAL RECORD REPORTS FROM APPROVED REPORTING SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee may continue to study issues related to occupational licensing boards. As part of this study, the Committee may consider any of the following:
(1)	Oversight of occupational licensing boards, generally.
(2)	Oversight of the North Carolina State Bar.
(3)	Disciplinary actions and procedures of occupational licensing boards.
The Committee may report the results of this study, if any, including any legislative proposals, to the 2017 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee may study whether there are certain categories of contested cases in which the burden of proof should be placed with the agency. The Committee may report the results of this study, if any, including any legislative proposals, to the 2017 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 90‑85.15 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑85.15.  Application and examination for licensure as a pharmacist; prerequisites.
(a)	Any person who desires to be licensed as a pharmacist shall file an application with the Executive Director on the form furnished by the Board, verified under oath, setting forth the applicant's name, age, the place at which and the time that the applicant has spent in the study of pharmacy, and the applicant's experience in compounding and dispensing prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist. The applicant shall also appear at a time and place designated by the Board and submit to an examination as to the applicant's qualifications for being licensed. The applicant must demonstrate to the Board the applicant's physical and mental competency to practice pharmacy.
(b)	On or after July 1, 1982, all applicants shall have received an undergraduate degree from a school of pharmacy approved by the Board. Applicants shall be required to have had up to one year of experience, approved by the Board, under the supervision of a pharmacist and shall pass the required examination offered by the Board. Upon completing these requirements and upon paying the required fee, the applicant shall be licensed.
(c)	
The Board may require an applicant to provide the Board with a criminal record report. All applicants shall obtain criminal record reports from one or more reporting services designated by the Board to provide criminal record reports. Applicants are required to pay the designated reporting service for the cost of these reports."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.