NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 166

SENATE BILL 254

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 90-241 AND G.S. 90-243 RELATING TO THE FEES THAT THE STATE BOARD OF OPTICIANS MAY IMPOSE AND PERMITTING THE BOARD TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION FURNISHED IT BE UNDER OATH.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-243 is rewritten to read as follows:

"Upon the request of any person to whom a certificate has been issued, the board shall issue a certified copy thereof. The board shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for the issuance of a certified copy. The board may, by regulation, provide for fees for registering optical places of business and for registering apprentices and interns. Such registration fees shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00). The board may also require that any information furnished to it as required by law or regulation must be furnished under oath."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-241, as the same appears in the 1975 Replacement Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is amended by striking from lines 5 and 6 thereof, the words "five dollars ($5.00)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-241 is amended by deleting the second sentence and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"Any person holding a certificate or license to practice as a dispensing optician in another state where the qualifications are equal to or stricter than the qualifications required in this State may, upon payment of the same fees as required of other applicants

(a)        be licensed without examination, or

(b)        be allowed to take the licensure examination

as determined by the board. If the board determines that the qualifications of the State in which an applicant is licensed are less strict than the qualifications of this State, the board may allow that applicant to take the licensure examination."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of March, 1979.