North Carolina § 90-171 - 37D. Service of notices.

§ 90-171. 37D. Service of notices.

Any notice required by this Article may be served either personally by an employee of the Board or by an officer authorized by law to serve process, or by registered or certified mail, return requested, directed to the licensee or applicant at his or her last known address as shown by the records of the Board. If notice is served personally, it shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the officer or employee of the Board delivers the notice to the person addressed or delivers the notice at the licensee's or applicant's last known address as shown by records of the Board with a person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. Where notice is served in a manner authorized by Rule 4(j) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, it shall be deemed to have been served on the date borne by the return receipt showing delivery of the notice to the licensee's or applicant's last known address as shown by the records of the Board, regardless of whether the notice was actually received or whether the notice was unclaimed or undeliverable for any reason. Reserved. History (2019-180, s. 9.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2019-180, s. 16, made this section effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to licenses granted or renewed on or after that date and actions taken by the Board of Nursing on or after that date. Session Laws 2019-180, s. 9, enacted this section with a subsection (a) designation, but with no subsection (b). Subsection (b) has been added as reserved at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.