GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-254
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF NURSING TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL FEE CHARGED NURSES AIDES II.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 90-171.55(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The Board of Nursing,
established pursuant to G.S. 90-171.21, shall establish a Nurses Aides Registry
for persons functioning as nurses aides regardless of title. The Board
shall consider those Level I nurses aides employed in State licensed or
Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing facilities who meet applicable State and
federal registry requirements as adopted by the North Carolina Medical Care
Commission as having fulfilled the training and registry requirements of the Board,
except for the fee requirements prescribed by this section. Board.
The Board may not charge an annual fee to a nurse aide I registry
applicant. The Board may charge an annual fee of five dollars
($5.00) for each registry applicant. twelve dollars ($12.00) for each
nurse aide II registry applicant. The Board shall adopt rules to
ensure that whenever possible, the fee is collected through the employer or
prospective employer of the registry applicant. Fees collected may be
used by the Board in administering the registry. The Board's authority
granted by this Article shall not conflict with the authority of the Medical
Care Commission."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 9:30 a.m. this 2nd day of July, 1999