NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 646

HOUSE BILL 871

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-140 is amended by adding at the end of said Section a new sentence to read as follows:

"The term of office of any member of the Board of Examiners shall continue until his successor is appointed and qualified."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-143 is hereby amended by adding after "university;" in line 15 the following:

"he shall satisfy Board of Examiners that he has completed two years of college work and received credits for a minimum of 48 semester hours or the equivalent thereof, provided persons now enrolled in, or who have already completed a course at, a reputable chiropractic college shall be exempt from this requirement;".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-154 is amended by adding in line 2 after the word "may" and before the word "revoke" the following:

"suspend or".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-155 is hereby amended by rewriting said Section to read as follows:

"90-155.  Annual Fee for Renewal of License. Any person practicing chiropractic in this State, in order to renew his license, shall, on or before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January in each year after a license is issued to him as herein provided, pay to the Secretary of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners a renewal license fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and shall furnish the Board evidence that he has attended two days of educational sessions or programs approved by the Board during the preceding twelve months, provided the Board may waive this educational requirement due to sickness or other hardship of applicant.

"Any license or certificate granted by the Board under this Article shall automatically be cancelled if the holder thereof fails to secure a renewal within thirty (30) days from the time herein provided; but any license thus cancelled may, upon evidence of good moral character and proper proficiency, be restored upon the payment of fifteen dollars ($15.00)."

Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1963.