A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to REDUCE THE MEMBERSHIP OF the massage and bodywork therapy board AND to INCREASE FEES FOR a license to practice massage and bodywork therapy.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 90‑625(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑625.  North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy.
(a)	The North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy is created. The Board shall consist of five members who are residents of this State and are as follows:
(1)	Three members shall be massage and bodywork therapists who have been licensed under this Article and have been in the practice of massage and bodywork therapy for at least five of the last seven years prior to their serving on the Board. Consideration shall be given to geographical distribution, practice setting, clinical specialty, involvement in massage and bodywork therapy education, and other factors that will promote diversity of the profession on the Board. One of the three members shall be appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one shall be appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and one shall be appointed by the Governor.
(2)	One member shall be a physician licensed pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes or a person once licensed as a physician whose license lapsed while the person was in good standing with the profession and eligible for licensure. The appointment shall be made by the Governor and may be made from a list provided by the North Carolina Medical Society.
(3)	One member shall be a member of the general public who shall not be licensed under Chapter 90 of the General Statutes or the spouse of a person who is so licensed, or have any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in the profession regulated under this Article. The appointment shall be made by the Governor."
SECTION 1.(b)  If two members of the Board appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, are serving on June 30, 2019, and the terms of both members extend past June 30, 2019, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one member to continue to serve on the Board for the remainder of the member's term, and the term of the member not designated ends on June 30, 2019.
SECTION 1.(c)  If two members of the Board appointed by the General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, are serving on June 30, 2019, and the terms of both members extend past June 30, 2019, then the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one member to continue to serve on the Board for the remainder of the member's term, and the term of the member not designated ends on June 30, 2019.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 90‑628 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑628.  Expenses and fees.
(a)	All salaries, compensation, and expenses incurred or allowed for the purposes of this Article shall be paid by the Board exclusively out of the fees received by the Board as authorized by this Article or from funds received from other sources. In no case shall any salary, expense, or other obligations of the Board be charged against the General Fund.
(b)	The Board may impose the following fees up to the amounts listed below for a license to practice massage and bodywork therapy:
(1)	Application for license	$30.00
(2)	Initial license fee	200.00
(3)	License renewal	150.00
(4)	Late renewal penalty	100.00
(5)	Repealed by Session Laws 2008‑224, s. 8, effective August 17, 2008.
(6)	Duplicate license	25.00
(7)	Repealed by Session Laws 2008‑224, s. 8, effective August 17, 2008."
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act is effective July 1, 2019. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.