GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 107 
HOUSE BILL 213 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION AND TO PERMIT HIGHER REGISTRATION FEES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-130 is rewritten to read: 
"§ 90-130. Board of Examiners; membership; officers; meeting.–There shall be a State Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration consisting of three members appointed by the Governor, whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of this Article. The members of the Board shall be reputable practitioners of osteopathy and appointed by the Governor from a list provided by the North Carolina Osteopathic Society. For each vacancy, the Society must submit at least three names to the Governor, the recommendation of the president and secretary being sufficient proof of the appointees' standing in the profession. Their term of office shall be for three years and so designated by the Governor that the term of one member shall expire each year. Thereafter annually the Governor shall in like manner appoint one person to fill the vacancy in the Board thus created. 
All Board members serving on June 30, 1983, shall be eligible to complete their respective terms. In order to reduce the membership of the Board from five to three, the Governor shall make no appointments to fill the first two vacancies occurring on the Board after June 30, 1983. A vacancy occurring from any other cause shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term in the same manner as stated above. 
The Board shall meet annually and elect a president, secretary, and treasurer, each to serve one year. The Board shall have a common seal, and shall adopt rules to govern its actions; and the president and secretary shall be empowered to administer oaths. The Board shall meet annually upon the call of the president. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and no certificate to practice osteopathy shall be granted on an affirmative vote of less than two. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for certificates giving the name and location of the institution granting the applicant the degree of doctor of or diploma in osteopathy, the date of his or her diploma, and whether the applicant was rejected or a certificate granted. The record and registers shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein." 
Sec. 2.  The first sentence of the third paragraph of G.S. 90-132 is rewritten to read: 
"Every person licensed to practice osteopathy by the Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration shall, during January of each year, register his name, office and residence addresses, and such other information as the Board may deem necessary with the Board secretary and shall pay a registration fee fixed by the Board not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00)." 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of March, 1983.