{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-186","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-186","heading":"Special powers of the Board.","body":"In addition to the powers set forth in G.S. 90-185, the Board may do any of the following:\n(1)\tFix minimum standards for continuing veterinary medical education for veterinarians and technicians. These standards are a condition precedent to the renewal of a veterinary license, limited license, veterinary faculty certificate, zoo veterinary certificate, or veterinary technician registration under this Article.\n(2)\tInspect any boarding kennels, hospitals, clinics, mobile units, or other facilities used by any practicing veterinarian, either by a member of the Board or its authorized representatives, for the purpose of reporting the results of the inspection to the Board on a form prescribed by the Board and seeking disciplinary action for violations of health, sanitary, and medical waste disposal rules of the Board that affect the practice of veterinary medicine or the operation of a boarding kennel, or violations of rules of any county, state, or federal department or agency having jurisdiction in these areas of health, sanitation, and medical waste disposal that relate to or affect the practice of veterinary medicine or the operation of a boarding kennel;\n(3)\tUpon complaint or information received by the Board, prohibit through summary emergency order of the Board, prior to a hearing, the operation of any veterinary facility that the Board determines is endangering, or may endanger, the public health or safety or the welfare and safety of animals, and suspend the license of the veterinarian operating the veterinary facility. Upon the issuance of any summary emergency order, the Board shall initiate, within 10 days, a notice of hearing under the administrative rules issued pursuant to this Article and Chapter 150B of the General Statutes for an administrative hearing on the alleged violation.\n(4)\tProvide special registration for \"veterinary technicians\" and \"veterinary student interns\" and adopt rules concerning the training, registration, and service limits of these assistants while employed by and acting under the supervision and responsibility of veterinarians. The Board has exclusive jurisdiction in determining eligibility and qualification requirements for these assistants. Renewals of registrations for veterinary technicians shall be required at least every 24 months, so long as the certificate of registration for the veterinary technician is otherwise eligible for renewal.\n(5)\tProvide, pursuant to administrative rules, requirements for the inactive status of licenses and limited veterinary licenses.\n(6)\tSet and require fees pursuant to administrative rule. The Board may increase the following fees, so long as (i) no fee shall be increased more than fifteen percent (15%) within a calendar year and (ii) the cumulative total increases of any fee shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the fee amounts set in this subdivision:\na.\tIssuance or renewal of a certificate of registration for a professional corporation, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\nb.\tAdministering a North Carolina license examination for applicants for licensure, certification, and registration, in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).\nc.\tAdministering competency examinations for applicants seeking licensure or registration, in amounts directly related to costs to the Board. Fees associated with administering national competency examinations shall be set in rules adopted by the Board.\nd.\tInspection of a veterinary facility, resulting from a serious inspection violation or as a result of a complaint, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\ne.\tIssuance or renewal of a license or a limited license, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\nf.\tIssuance or renewal of a veterinary faculty certificate, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\ng.\tIssuance or renewal of a zoo veterinary certificate, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\nh.\tReinstatement of a revoked license, a limited license, a veterinary faculty certificate, a zoo veterinary certificate, a veterinary technician registration, or a professional corporation registration, in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00).\ni.\tIssuance or renewal of a veterinary technician registration, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00).\nj.\tIssuance of a veterinary student intern registration, in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).\nk.\tRepealed by Session Laws 2022-67, s. 1, effective October 1, 2022.\nl.\tLate fee for renewal of a license, a limited license, a veterinary technician registration, a veterinary faculty certificate, a zoo veterinary certificate, or a professional corporation registration, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00).\nm.\tIssuance of a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\nn.\tRepealed by Session Laws 2014-63, s. 1, effective October 1, 2014.\no.\tIssuance of a veterinary facility permit, in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).\np.\tIssuance of a boarding kennel permit in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), to be added to the veterinary facility permit fee.\nThe fees set under this subdivision for the renewal of a license, a limited license, a registration, a certificate, or a permit apply to each year of the renewal period.\n(7)\tPursuant to administrative rule, to assess and recover against persons holding licenses, limited licenses, temporary permits, or any certificates issued by the Board, costs reasonably incurred by the Board in the investigation, prosecution, hearing, or other administrative action of the Board in final decisions or orders where those persons are found to have violated the Veterinary Practice Act or administrative rules of the Board issued pursuant to the Act. All recovered costs are the property of the Board.\n(8)\tPursuant to administrative rule, the Board may establish all provisions and requirements for a veterinary facility permit, the issuance of which is required for any facility where veterinary medicine is practiced, except for animal shelters registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n(9)\tPursuant to administrative rule, the Board may establish all provisions and requirements for a supervising veterinarian for each veterinary facility maintaining a valid veterinary facility permit.\n(10)\tPursuant to administrative rule, the Board may establish all provisions and requirements for the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine through methods or modes of veterinary telehealth and its subcategories, including telemedicine, teleconsulting, and telemonitoring. The Board may also establish all provisions and requirements as to when and where veterinary telehealth or any of its subcategories may occur, who may provide veterinary care via telehealth or any of its subcategories, and the requirements for the veterinarian-client-patient relationship as it pertains to the methods or modes of veterinary telehealth and its subcategories. (1973, c. 1106, s. 1; 1981, c. 767, s. 4; 1987, c. 827, s. 1; 1993, c. 500, s. 8; 2014-63, s. 1; 2019-170, ss. 4(a), 5(b); 2022-67, s. 1; 2023-46, s. 10(a), (b); 2023-63, s. 4(d).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 11. Veterinarians."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-186.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"ab6ceecd8551aa39c2151c664d4d7141df0490b3fe0033bd9faee06b13ff2d4b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-185","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-187"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}