93B-12. Information from licensing boards having authority over health care providers.
(a) Every occupational licensing board having authority to license physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives in this State shall modify procedures for license renewal to include the collection of information specified in this section for each board's regular renewal cycle. The purpose of this requirement is to assist the State in tracking the availability of health care providers to determine which areas in the State suffer from inequitable access to specific types of health services and to anticipate future health care shortages which might adversely affect the citizens of this State. Occupational licensing boards shall collect, report, and update the following information:
(1) Area of health care specialty practice;
(2) Address of all locations where the licensee practices; and
(3) Other information the occupational licensing board deems relevant to assisting the State in achieving the purpose set out in this section, including social security numbers for research purposes only in matching other data sources.
(b) Every occupational licensing board required to collect information pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report and update the information on an annual basis to the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department shall provide this information to programs preparing primary care physicians, physicians assistants, and nurse practitioners upon request by the program and by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina. Information provided by the occupational licensing board pursuant to this subsection may be provided in such form as to omit the identity of the health care licensee. (1995, c. 507, s. 23A.4; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 17, s. 16.4; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 93B - Occupational Licensing Boards
§ 93B-2 - Annual reports required; contents; open to inspection; sanction for failure to report.
§ 93B-3 - Register of persons licensed; information as to licensed status of individuals.
§ 93B-4 - Audit of Occupational Licensing Boards; payment of costs.
§ 93B-5 - Compensation, employment, and training of board members.
§ 93B-6 - Use of funds for lobbying prohibited.
§ 93B-7 - Rental of state-owned office space.
§ 93B-8 - Examination procedures.
§ 93B-8.1 - Use of criminal history records.
§ 93B-8.2 - Prohibit licensees from serving as investigators.
§ 93B-8.6 - Recognition of apprenticeships and training.
§ 93B-10 - Expiration of term of appointment of board member.
§ 93B-11 - Interest from State Treasurer's Investment Program.
§ 93B-12 - Information from licensing boards having authority over health care providers.
§ 93B-14 - Information on applicants for licensure.
§ 93B-15 - Payment of license fees by members of the Armed Forces; board waiver rules.