NC S33

Prohibits occupational licensing boards from automatically denying licenses based solely on an applicant's criminal history record.

Requires boards to consider eight specific factors when evaluating applicants with criminal convictions: crime severity, date of crime, applicant's age at time of crime, circumstances of the crime, nexus between criminal conduct and prospective duties, post-conviction records (prison, jail, probation, parole, rehabilitation, employment), subsequent crimes, and character references.

Allows boards to deny licensure if an applicant refuses to consent to a criminal history record check or submit to fingerprinting as required by state or federal repositories.

Exempts the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission from these requirements.

Effective July 1, 2013, applying to license applications submitted on or after that date.