North Carolina General Statutes
Article 9A - Nursing Practice Act.
§ 90-171.33 - Temporary license.

90-171.33. Temporary license.
(a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-180, s. 6, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to licenses granted or renewed on or after that date and actions taken by the Board of Nursing on or after that date.
(c) The Board may issue a nonrenewable temporary license to persons applying for licensure under G.S. 90-171.32 for a period not to exceed the lesser of six months or until the Board determines whether the applicant is qualified to practice nursing in North Carolina. Temporary licensees may perform patient-care services within limits defined by the Board. In defining these limits, the Board shall consider the ability of the temporary licensee to safely and properly carry out patient-care services. Temporary licensees shall be held to the standard of care of a fully licensed nurse. (1981, c. 360, s. 1; 1991, c. 643, s. 3; 1993, c. 198, s. 5; 2019-180, s. 6.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations

Article 9A - Nursing Practice Act.

§ 90-171.19 - Legislative findings.

§ 90-171.20 - Definitions.

§ 90-171.21 - Board of Nursing; composition; selection; vacancies; qualifications; term of office; compensation.

§ 90-171.22 - Officers.

§ 90-171.23 - Duties, powers, and meetings.

§ 90-171.24 - Executive director.

§ 90-171.25 - Custody and use of funds.

§ 90-171.26 - The Board may accept contributions, etc.

§ 90-171.27 - Expenses payable from fees collected by Board.

§ 90-171.28 - Nurses registered under previous law.

§ 90-171.29 - Qualifications of applicants for examination.

§ 90-171.30 - Licensure by examination.

§ 90-171.31 - Reexamination.

§ 90-171.32 - Qualifications for license as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse without examination.

§ 90-171.33 - Temporary license.

§ 90-171.34 - Licensure renewal.

§ 90-171.35 - Reinstatement.

§ 90-171.36 - Inactive list.

§ 90-171.36A - Retired nurse status; reinstatement.

§ 90-171.37 - Disciplinary authority.

§ 90-171.37A - Use of hearing committee and depositions.

§ 90-171.37B - Appeal from Board's disciplinary action of licensee.

§ 90-171.37C - Confidentiality of Board investigative information; Board to keep public records; cooperation with law enforcement; self-reporting requirements; patient protection.

§ 90-171.37D - Service of notices.

§ 90-171.38 - Standards for nursing programs.

§ 90-171.39 - Approval.

§ 90-171.40 - Ongoing approval.

§ 90-171.41 - Baccalaureate in nursing candidate credits.

§ 90-171.42 - Continuing education programs.

§ 90-171.43 - License required; rules.

§ 90-171.43A - Mandatory employer verification of licensure status.

§ 90-171.44 - Prohibited acts.

§ 90-171.45 - Violation of Article.

§ 90-171.46 - Injunctive authority.

§ 90-171.47 - Reportsimmunity from suit.

§ 90-171.48 - Criminal history record checks of applicants for licensure.

§ 90-171.49 - Disasters and emergencies.