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NC Gen Stat § 90-270.122 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.122 - State participation in the compact.

 90-270.122. State participation in the compact.(a) To participate in the Compact, a state must do all of the following:(1) Participate fully in the Commission's data system, including using the Commission's unique identifier as defined in rules.(2) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensees.(3) Notify the Commission, in compliance with the terms of the Compact and rules, of any adverse action or the availability of investigative information regarding a licensee.(4) Fully implement a criminal background check requirement, within a time frame established by rule, by receiving the results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation record search on criminal background checks and use the results in making licensure decisions in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.(5) Comply with the rules of the Commission.(6) Utilize a recognized national examination as a requirement for licensure pursuant to the rules of the Commission.(7) Have continuing competence requirements as a condition for license renewal.(b) Upon adoption of this statute, the member state shall have the authority to obtain biometric-based information from each physical therapy licensure applicant and submit this information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal background check in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 534 and 42 U.S.C. 14616.(c) A member state shall grant the compact privilege to a licensee holding a valid unencumbered license in another member state in accordance with the terms of the Compact and rules.(d) Member states may charge a fee for granting a compact privilege.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.123 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.123 - Compact privilege.

 90-270.123. Compact privilege.(a) In order to exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the Compact, the licensee shall meet all of the following qualifications:(1) Hold a license in the home state.(2) Have no encumbrance on any state license.(3) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any member state in accordance with subsections (d), (g), and (h) of this section.(4) Have not had any adverse action against any license or compact privilege within the previous two years.(5) Notify the Commission that the licensee is seeking the compact privilege within a remote state(s).(6) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the compact privilege.(7) Meet any jurisprudence requirements established by the remote state(s) in which the licensee is seeking a compact privilege.(8) Report to the Commission adverse action taken by any nonmember state within 30 days from the date the adverse action is taken.(b) The compact privilege is valid until the expiration date of the home license. The licensee must comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section to maintain the compact privilege in the remote state.(c) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state.(d) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state is subject to that state's regulatory authority. A remote state may, in accordance with due process and that state's laws, remove a licensee's compact privilege in the remote state for a specific period of time, impose fines, and/or take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of its citizens. The licensee is not eligible for a compact privilege in any state until the specific time for removal has passed and all fines are paid.(e) If a home state license is encumbered, the licensee shall lose the compact privilege in any remote state until both of the following occur:(1) The home state license is no longer encumbered.(2) Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.(f) Once an encumbered license in the home state is restored to good standing, the licensee must meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section to obtain a compact privilege in any remote state.(g) If a licensee's compact privilege in any remote state is removed, the individual shall lose the compact privilege in any remote state until all of the following occur:(1) The specific period of time for which the compact privilege was removed has ended.(2) All fines have been paid.(3) Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.(h) Once the requirements of subsection (g) of this section have been met, the licensee must meet the requirements in subsection (a) of this section to obtain a compact privilege in a remote state.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.124 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.124 - Active duty military personnel or their spouses.

 90-270.124. Active duty military personnel or their spouses.A licensee who is active duty military or is the spouse of an individual who is active duty military may designate one of the following as the home state:(1) Home of record.(2) State listed on Permanent Change of Station (PCS) order.(3) State of current residence or duty station if it is different than the PCS state or home of record.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.125 - Adverse actions.

 90-270.125. Adverse actions.(a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against a license issued by the home state.(b) A home state may take adverse action based on the investigative information of a remote state, so long as the home state follows its own procedures for imposing adverse action.(c) Nothing in this Compact shall override a member state's decision that participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action and that such participation shall remain nonpublic if required by the member state's laws. Member states must require licensees who enter any alternative programs in lieu of discipline to agree not to practice in any other member state during the term of the alternative program without prior authorization from such other member state.(d) Any member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the statutes and rules authorizing the practice of physical therapy in any other member state in which a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant holds a license or compact privilege.(e) A remote state shall have the authority to do all of the following:(1) Take adverse actions as set forth in subsection (d) of G.S. 90-270.123 against a licensee's compact privilege in the state.(2) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a physical therapy licensing board in a party state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and/or the production of evidence from another party state, shall be enforced in the latter state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state where the witnesses and/or evidence are located.(3) If otherwise permitted by state law, recover from the licensee the costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against that licensee.(f) Joint Investigations. -(1) In addition to the authority granted to a member state by its respective physical therapy practice act or other applicable state law, a member state may participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees.(2) Member states shall share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the Compact.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.127 - Data system.

 90-270.127. Data system.(a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable as required by the rules of the Commission, including all of the following:(1) Identifying information.(2) Licensure data.(3) Adverse actions against a license or compact privilege.(4) Nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation.(5) Any denial of application for licensure and the reason(s) for such denial.(6) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission.(c) Investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will only be available to other party states.(d) The Commission shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will be available to any other member state.(e) Member states contributing information to the data system may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.(f) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.130 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.130 - Date of implementation of the interstate Commission for Physical Therapy Practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment.

 90-270.130. Date of implementation of the interstate Commission for Physical Therapy Practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment.(a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and exercise rule-making powers necessary to the implementation and administration of the Compact.(b) Any state that joins the Compact subsequent to the Commission's initial adoption of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the Compact becomes law in that state.(c) Any member state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute repealing the same.(1) A member state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute.(2) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's physical therapy licensing board to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.(d) Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any physical therapy licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact.(e) This Compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member states.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.131 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18F - Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.|§ 90-270.131 - Construction and severability.

 90-270.131. Construction and severability.This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any party state, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to all severable matters.  (2017-28, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.135 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.135 - Title; purpose.

 90-270.135. Title; purpose.(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Psychology Practice Act."(b) The practice of psychology in North Carolina is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to be subject to regulation to protect the public from the practice of psychology by unqualified persons and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice psychology.  (1967, c. 910, s. 1; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.137 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.137 - Practice of medicine and optometry not permitted.

 90-270.137. Practice of medicine and optometry not permitted.Nothing in this Article shall be construed as permitting licensed psychologists or licensed psychological associates to engage in any manner in all or any of the parts of the practice of medicine or optometry licensed under Articles 1 and 6 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, including, among others, the diagnosis and correction of visual and muscular anomalies of the human eyes and visual apparatus, eye exercises, orthoptics, vision training, visual training and developmental vision. A licensed psychologist or licensed psychological associate shall assist his or her client or patient in obtaining professional help for all aspects of the client's or patient's problems that fall outside the boundaries of the psychologist's own competence, including provision for the diagnosis and treatment of relevant medical or optometric problems.  (1967, c. 910, s. 3; 1977, c. 670, s. 2; 1979, c. 670, s. 2; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.140 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.140 - Psychology Board; appointment; term of office; composition.

 90-270.140. Psychology Board; appointment; term of office; composition.For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Article, there is created a North Carolina Psychology Board, which shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor. At all times three members shall be licensed psychologists, two members shall be licensed psychological associates, and two members shall be members of the public who are not licensed under this Article. The Governor shall give due consideration to the adequate representation of the various fields and areas of practice of psychology and to adequate representation from various geographic regions in the State. Terms of office shall be three years. All terms of service on the Board expire June 30 in appropriate years. As the term of a psychologist member expires, or as a vacancy of a psychologist member occurs for any other reason, the North Carolina Psychological Association, or its successor, shall, having sought the advice of the chairs of the graduate departments of psychology in the State, for each vacancy, submit to the Governor a list of the names of three eligible persons. From this list the Governor shall make the appointment for a full term, or for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any. Each Board member shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed. As the term of a member expires, or if one should become vacant for any reason, the Governor shall appoint a new member within 60 days of the vacancy's occurring. No member, either public or licensed under this Article, shall serve more than three complete consecutive terms.  (1967, c. 910, s. 6; 1977, c. 670, s. 5; 1979, c. 670, s. 3; c. 1005, s. 2; 1983, c. 82, ss. 1-3; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2007-468, s. 3; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.141 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.141 - Qualifications of Board members; removal of Board members.

 90-270.141. Qualifications of Board members; removal of Board members.(a) Each licensed psychologist and licensed psychological associate member of the Board shall have the following qualifications:(1) Shall be a resident of this State and a citizen of the United States;(2) Shall be at the time of appointment and shall have been for at least five years prior thereto, actively engaged in one or more branches of psychology or in the education and training of master's, specialist, doctoral, or postdoctoral students of psychology or in psychological research, and such activity during the two years preceding appointment shall have occurred primarily in this State.(3) Shall be free of conflict of interest in performing the duties of the Board.(b) Each public member of the Board shall have the following qualifications:(1) Shall be a resident of this State and a citizen of the United States;(2) Shall be free of conflict of interest or the appearance of such conflict in performing the duties of the Board;(3) Shall not be a psychologist, an applicant or former applicant for licensure as a psychologist, or a member of a household that includes a psychologist.(c) A Board member shall be automatically removed from the Board if he or she:(1) Ceases to meet the qualifications specified in this subsection;(2) Fails to attend three successive Board meetings without just cause as determined by the remainder of the Board;(3) Is found by the remainder of the Board to be in violation of the provisions of this Article or to have engaged in immoral, dishonorable, unprofessional, or unethical conduct, and such conduct is deemed to compromise the integrity of the Board;(4) Is found to be guilty of a felony or an unlawful act involving moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction or is found to have entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or an unlawful act involving moral turpitude;(5) Is found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in relation to his or her Board duties by a court of competent jurisdiction; or(6) Is incapacitated and without reasonable likelihood of resuming Board duties, as determined by the Board.  (1967, c. 910, s. 7; 1977, c. 670, s. 6; 1985, c. 734, s. 5; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.142 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.142 - Compensation of members; expenses; employees.

 90-270.142. Compensation of members; expenses; employees.Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties required by this Article, as prescribed for State boards generally. The Board may employ necessary personnel for the performance of its functions, and fix the compensation therefor, within the limits of funds available to the Board; however, the Board shall not employ any of its own members to perform inspectional or similar ministerial tasks for the Board. In no event shall the State of North Carolina be liable for expenses incurred by the Board in excess of the income derived from this Article.  (1967, c. 910, s. 8; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.143 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.143 - Election of officers; meetings; adoption of seal and appropriate rules; powers of the Board.

 90-270.143. Election of officers; meetings; adoption of seal and appropriate rules; powers of the Board.The Board shall annually elect the chair and vice-chair from among its membership. The Board shall meet annually, at a time set by the Board, in the City of Raleigh, and it may hold additional meetings and conduct business at any place in the State. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board may empower any member to conduct any proceeding or investigation necessary to its purposes and may empower its agent or counsel to conduct any investigation necessary to its purposes, but any final action requires a quorum of the Board. The Board may order that any records concerning the practice of psychology relevant to a complaint received by the Board or an inquiry or investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Board be produced before the Board or for inspection and copying by representatives of or counsel to the Board by the custodian of such records. The Board shall adopt an official seal, which shall be affixed to all licenses issued by it. The Board shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to regulate its proceedings and otherwise to implement the provisions of this Article.  (1967, c. 910, s. 9; 1985, c. 734, s. 6; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-270.144 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 18G - Psychology Practice Act.|§ 90-270.144 - Annual report.

 90-270.144. Annual report.On June 30 of each year, the Board shall submit a report to the Governor of the Board's activities since the preceding July 1, including the names of all licensed psychologists and licensed psychological associates to whom licenses have been granted under this Article, any cases heard and decisions rendered in matters before the Board, the recommendations of the Board as to future actions and policies, and a financial report. Each member of the Board shall review and sign the report before its submission to the Governor. Any Board member shall have the right to record a dissenting view.  (1967, c. 910, s. 10; 1979, c. 670, s. 3; 1993, c. 375, s. 1; 2020-82, s. 1(a).)