GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-384
SENATE BILL 168

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 	$75.00
Application for certificate and license as registered nurse by endorsement 	150.00
Application for each re-examination leading to certificate and license as registered nurse 	75.00
Renewal of license to practice as registered nurse (two-year period) 	100.00
Reinstatement of lapsed license to practice as a registered nurse and renewal fee 	180.00
Application for examination leading to certificate and license as licensed practical nurse by examination 	75.00
Application for certificate and license as licensed practical nurse by endorsement 	150.00
Application for each re-examination leading to certificate and license as licensed practical nurse 	75.00
Renewal of license to practice as a licensed practical nurse (two-year period)	100.00
Reinstatement of lapsed license to practice as a licensed practical nurse and renewal fee 	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