North Carolina § 90-13 - 1. License fees.

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§ 90-13. 1. License fees.

Each applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery in this State under either G.S. 90-9.1 or G.S. 90-9.2 shall pay to the North Carolina Medical Board an application fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00). Each applicant for a limited license to practice in a medical education and training program under G.S. 90-12.01 shall pay to the Board a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). An applicant for a limited volunteer license under G.S. 90-12.1A or G.S. 90-12.1B shall not pay a fee. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid for the issuance of a duplicate license. All fees shall be paid in advance to the North Carolina Medical Board, to be held in a fund for the use of the Board. For the initial and annual licensure of an anesthesiologist assistant, the Board may require the payment of a fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). History (1858-9, c. 258, s. 13; Code, s. 3130; Rev., s. 4501; 1913, c. 20, ss. 4, 5; C.S., s. 6619; 1921, c. 47, s. 5; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 44, s. 7; 1953, c. 187; 1969, c. 929, s. 4; 1971, c. 817, s. 2; c. 1150, s. 5; 1977, c. 838, s. 4; 1979, c. 196, s. 1; 1981, c. 573, s. 15; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1063, s. 1; 1985, c. 362, ss. 1-3; 1987, c. 859, ss. 13, 14; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 566, s. 2; 1995, c. 94, s. 15; c. 509, s. 37; 2000-5, s. 2; 2005-402, s. 5; 2007-146, s. 2; 2007-346, ss. 7, 13(a); 2007-418, s. 8; 2011-355, s. 5; 2016-117, s. 2(h).) Editor's Note. - This section is former G.S. 90-15 , recodified as G.S. 90-13.1 , effective October 1, 2007, by Session Laws 2007-346, s. 7. Session Laws 2007-146, s. 2, effective June 27, 2007, added a paragraph at the end of former G.S. 90-15 , which was subsequently recodified as this section by Session Laws 2007-346, s. 7. The amendments by Session Laws 2007-346, s. 13(a), and Session Laws 2007-418, s. 8, did not show (and therefore did not delete) the paragraph on anesthesiologist assistants fees added by Session Laws 2007-146, s. 2. As a result, that paragraph was set out above and designated as subsection (f) at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-402, s. 5, effective September 19, 2005, in the first paragraph, rewrote the first and second sentences and substituted "one hundred dollars ($100.00)" for "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)" in the second sentence. Session Laws 2007-346, ss. 7 and 13(a), effective October 1, 2007, recodified G.S. 90-15 as this section; rewrote the section heading, which formerly read "License fee; salaries, fees, and expenses of Board"; and deleted the former last three sentences of the first paragraph, and deleted the former final paragraph. Session Laws 2007-418, s. 8, effective October 1, 2007, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2011-355, s. 5, effective June 27, 2011, inserted "or G.S. 90-12.1 B" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2016-117, s. 2(h), effective October 1, 2016, substituted "four hundred dollars ($400.00)" for "three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00)" at the end of subsection (a).

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