{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.177","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.177","heading":"Renewal and continued participation.","body":"(a)\tA physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the Interstate Commission if the physician meets all of the following qualifications:\n(1)\tMaintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal license.\n(2)\tHas not been convicted, received adjudication, deferred adjudication, community supervision, or deferred disposition for any offense by a court of appropriate jurisdiction.\n(3)\tHas not had a license authorizing the practice of medicine subject to discipline by a licensing agency in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction, excluding any action related to nonpayment of fees related to a license.\n(4)\tHas not had a controlled substance license or permit suspended or revoked by a state or the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.\n(b)\tPhysicians shall comply with all continuing professional development or continuing medical education requirements for renewal of a license issued by a member state.\n(c)\tThe Interstate Commission shall collect any renewal fees charged for the renewal of a license and distribute the fees to the applicable member board.\n(d)\tUpon receipt of any renewal fees collected under subsection (c) of this section, a member board shall renew the physician's license.\n(e)\tPhysician information collected by the Interstate Commission during the renewal process will be distributed to all member boards.\n(f)\tThe Interstate Commission is authorized to develop rules to address renewal of licenses obtained through the Compact. (2025-37, s. 1(a).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 1P. Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.177.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"66ba9cf16839ba46b9aea7dbba316425019b037656de3f5426dffe08ffb1e642","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.176","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.178"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}