Conference report recommends the following changes to 2nd edition, as amended, to reconcile matters in controversy.
Amends the proposed penalties in GS 90-18(a) to provide that any person practicing medicine or surgery without being duly licensed and registered in North Carolina (was, duly licensed and registered) is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Makes it a Class I felony to practice without being duly licensed and registered in this state and falsely represent himself or herself as being licensed and registered under Article 1 of GS Chapter 90 or any other Article of GS Chapter 90. Also makes it a Class I felony for an out of state practitioner to practice without being duly licensed and registered in this state. Removes provisions concerning practicing with a license that is inactive due to failure to timely complete annual registration.