NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1150

HOUSE BILL 1397

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-9 is amended by inserting after the words "Four years" and before the word "and" in the last sentence of the first paragraph, the words "or for such lesser period of time approved by the Board."; and by deleting the second paragraph and inserting in lieu there of, the following:

"The examination shall cover the branches of medical science and subjects which the Board deems necessary to determine competence to practice medicine."

G.S. 90-9 is further amended by deleting the following words appearing at the end of the first paragraph: "but the requirement of four years attendance at a school shall not apply to those graduating prior to January the first, nineteen hundred"; and deleting the semicolon after the word "Board" and inserting in lieu thereof a period.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-10 is amended by rewriting the section to read as follows:

"In lieu of the above examination, the Board may grant a license to an applicant who is found to have passed the examination given by the National Board of Medical Examiners, provided the applicant meets the other qualifications set forth in this Article."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-11 is amended by deleting the following words appearing at the end of the paragraph: "Provided, that the age requirement shall not apply to students taking the examinations of the first two years in medicine."; and by striking out the colon after the word "examiners" and inserting in lieu thereof a period.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-13 is amended by inserting the words "or for such lesser period of time approved by the Board" after the words "four years" and before the word "and".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 90-15 is amended by deleting the following words appearing at the end of the first sentence: "Provided, however, that in the case of applicants taking the examination in two halves, as provided in G.S. 90-10, one-half of the prescribed fee shall be paid by the applicant for each of the two half examinations."; and by inserting a period after the word "examination", in lieu of the colon.

Sec. 6.  G.S. 90-18 is amended by deleting subdivision (12), and by renumbering the remaining subsections accordingly.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.