GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-384
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION FEES COLLECTED UNDER THE NURSING PRACTICE ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 90-171.27(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The schedule of fees shall not exceed the following rates:
Application for
examination leading to certificate and license as registered nurse
$45.00 $75.00
Application for certificate
and license as registered nurse by endorsement
75.00150.00
Application for each
re-examination leading to certificate and license as registered nurse
45.00 75.00
Renewal of license
to practice as registered nurse (two-year period) 50.00
100.00
Reinstatement of
lapsed license to practice as a registered nurse and renewal fee
90.00 180.00
Application for
examination leading to certificate and license as licensed practical nurse by
examination
45.00 75.00
Application for
certificate and license as licensed practical nurse by endorsement
75.00150.00
Application for each
re-examination leading to certificate and license as licensed practical nurse
45.00 75.00
Renewal of license
to practice as a licensed practical nurse (two-year
period)
50.00100.00
Reinstatement of
lapsed license to practice as a licensed practical nurse and renewal fee
90.00 180.00
Reasonable charge for duplication services and materials.
A fee for an item listed in this schedule shall not increase from one year to the next by more than twenty percent (20%)."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of July, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 8:27 p.m. this 11th day of August, 1997