{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-118.11","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-118.11","heading":"Unauthorized practice; penalty for violation of Article.","body":"If any person shall practice or attempt to practice optometry in this State without first having passed the examination and obtained a license from the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry; or without having obtained a provisional license from said Board; or if he shall practice optometry after March 31 of each year without applying for a certificate of renewal of license, as provided in G.S. 90-118.10; or shall practice or attempt to practice optometry while his license is revoked, or suspended, or when a certificate of renewal of license has been refused; or shall practice or attempt to practice optometry by means or methods that the Board has determined is beyond the scope of the person's educational training; or shall violate any of the provisions of this Article for which no specific penalty has been provided; or shall practice, or attempt to practice, optometry in violation of the provisions of this Article; or shall practice optometry under any name other than his own name, said person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Each day's violation of this Article shall constitute a separate offense. (1973, c. 800, s. 18; 1977, c. 482, s. 4; 1981, c. 496, s. 10; 1993, c. 539, s. 628; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 6. Optometry."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-118.11.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"d8427d781d9a0cd1ad54f105553ae342b7bb218825efb5a6306b5defc047ae87","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-118.10","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}