90-11. Criminal background checks.
(a) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-346, s. 11, effective October 1, 2007.
(a1) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-346, s. 9.1, effective October 1, 2007.
(b) The Department of Public Safety may provide a criminal record check to the Board for a person who has applied for a license through the Board. The Board shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of the applicant, any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety, and a form signed by the applicant consenting to the check of the criminal record and to the use of the fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or national repositories. The applicant's fingerprints shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The Board shall keep all information pursuant to this subsection privileged, in accordance with applicable State law and federal guidelines, and the information shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.
The Department of Public Safety may charge each applicant a fee for conducting the checks of criminal history records authorized by this subsection. The Board has the authority to collect this fee from each applicant and remit it to the Department of Public Safety. (C.S., s. 6615; 1921, c. 47, s. 3; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 44, s. 5; 1971, c. 1150, s. 3; 1981, c. 573, s. 7; 1995, c. 94, s. 12; 1997-511, s. 2; 2002-147, s. 6; 2007-146, s. 1; 2007-346, ss. 9.1, 11; 2014-100, s. 17.1(o); 2019-191, s. 17.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
Article 1 - Practice of Medicine.
§ 90-1 - North Carolina Medical Society incorporated.
§ 90-3 - Review Panel recommends certain Board members; criteria for recommendations.
§ 90-4 - Board elects officers; quorum.
§ 90-5.1 - Powers and duties of the Board.
§ 90-5.2 - Board to collect and publish certain data.
§ 90-5.3 - Reporting and publication of medical judgments, awards, payments, and settlements.
§ 90-8 - Officers may administer oaths, and subpoena witnesses, records and other materials.
§ 90-8.1 - Rules governing applicants for licensure.
§ 90-8.2 - Appointment of subcommittees.
§ 90-9.1 - Requirements for licensure as a physician under this Article.
§ 90-9.2 - Requirements for graduates of international medical schools.
§ 90-9.3 - Requirements for licensure as a physician assistant.
§ 90-9.4 - Requirements for licensure as an anesthesiologist assistant.
§ 90-10.1 - Examinations accepted by the Board.
§ 90-11 - Criminal background checks.
§ 90-12.01 - Limited license to practice in a medical education and training program.
§ 90-12.1 - Recodified as G.S90-12.4, by Session Laws 2007-346, s7, effective October 1, 2007.
§ 90-12.1A - Limited volunteer license.
§ 90-12.1B - Retired limited volunteer license.
§ 90-12.2 - Recodified as G.S90-12.5, by Session Laws 2007-346, s7, effective October 1, 2007.
§ 90-12.2A - Special purpose license.
§ 90-12.3 - Medical school faculty license.
§ 90-12.4 - Physician assistant limited volunteer license.
§ 90-12.4B - Physician Assistant retired limited volunteer license.
§ 90-12.5 - Disasters and emergencies.
§ 90-12.7 - Treatment of overdose with opioid antagonist; immunity.
§ 90-13.2 - Registration every year with Board.
§ 90-13.3 - Salaries, fees, expenses of the Board.
§ 90-14 - Disciplinary Authority.
§ 90-14.1 - Judicial review of Board's decision denying issuance of a license.
§ 90-14.2 - Hearing before disciplinary action.
§ 90-14.3 - Service of notices.
§ 90-14.5 - Use of recommended decisions; appointment of hearing officers.
§ 90-14.6 - Evidence admissible.
§ 90-14.7 - Procedure where person fails to request or appear for hearing.
§ 90-14.8 - Appeal from Board's decision taking disciplinary action on a license.
§ 90-14.9 - Appeal bond; stay of Board order.
§ 90-14.11 - Appeal; appeal bond.
§ 90-15 - Recodified as G.S90-13.1, by Session Laws 2007-346, s7, effective October 1, 2007.
§ 90-15.1 - Recodified as G.S90-13.2, by Session Laws 2007-346, s7, effective October 1, 2007.
§ 90-18 - Practicing without license; penalties.
§ 90-18.1 - Limitations on physician assistants.
§ 90-18.2 - Limitations on nurse practitioners.
§ 90-18.3 - Medical or physical examination by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
§ 90-18.4 - Limitations on clinical pharmacist practitioners.
§ 90-18.5 - Limitations on anesthesiologist assistants.
§ 90-18.6 - Requirements for certain nicotine replacement therapy programs.