North Carolina § 90-14 - 8. Appeal from Board's decision taking disciplinary action on a license.

§ 90-14. 8. Appeal from Board's decision taking disciplinary action on a license.

A licensee against whom the Board imposes any public disciplinary sanction, as authorized under G.S. 90-14(a), may appeal such action. A licensee against whom any public disciplinary sanction is imposed by the Board may obtain a review of the decision of the Board in the superior court of the county where the Board is located or the county in which the licensee resides, upon filing with the secretary of the Board a written notice of appeal within 30 days after the date of the service of the decision of the Board, stating all exceptions taken to the decision of the Board and indicating the court in which the appeal is to be heard. The court shall schedule and hear the case within six months of the filing of the appeal. Within 30 days after the receipt of a notice of appeal as herein provided, the Board shall prepare, certify and file with the clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the notice of appeal has been filed the record of the case comprising a copy of the charges, notice of hearing, transcript of testimony, and copies of documents or other written evidence produced at the hearing, decision of the Board, and notice of appeal containing exceptions to the decision of the Board. History (1953, c. 1248, s. 3; 1981, c. 573, s. 12; 2007-346, s. 20; 2009-558, s. 5; 2019-191, s. 31.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-346, s. 20, effective October 1, 2007, substituted "taking disciplinary action on a license" for "revoking or suspending a license" in the section heading; deleted "or in the superior court in the county in which the hearing was held or upon agreement of the parties to the appeal in any other superior court of the State" following "Wake County" in the first paragraph, and substituted "the Superior Court of Wake County" for "the superior court in the county to which the appeal is directed" in the second paragraph. Session Laws 2019-191, s. 31, effective October 1, 2019, substituted "superior court of the county where the Board is located" for "Superior Court of Wake County" in the first sentence of subsection (b).