H728 Summary

• Extends time for chiropractic clinical assistant certification from 120 to 180 days and increases annual license renewal fees from $150 to $300; authorizes the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to impose fines as sanctions.

• Limits North Carolina Medical Board members to two complete three-year terms in a lifetime instead of consecutive terms only, and establishes new confidentiality protections for the Board's Review Panel regarding licensing and investigative information.

• Increases North Carolina Medical Board application fees from $350 to $400 and annual registration fees from $175 to $250 for active physicians; prohibits the Board from denying licensure or registration based solely on failure to become board certified.

• Modifies dispensing optician apprenticeship requirements, reducing required apprenticeship time from three and one-half years to two and one-half years, and increases examination, initial license, and renewal fees for opticians; allows college graduates in health-related fields to complete a two-year apprenticeship instead of three and one-half years.

• Increases real estate broker application fees from $30 to $100-$120 and renewal fees from $30 to $45-$60; changes reinstatement fee to equal twice the renewal fee; increases take effect July 1, 2017.