{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.179","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.179","heading":"Joint investigations.","body":"(a)\tLicensure and disciplinary records are deemed investigative.\n(b)\tIn addition to authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investigations of physicians licensed by the member boards.\n(c)\tA subpoena issued by a member state shall be enforceable in other member states.\n(d)\tMember boards may share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the Compact.\n(e)\tAny member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the statutes authorizing the practice of medicine in any other member state in which a physician holds a license to practice medicine. (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_90-21.179.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"d55343676f055e84c357923f02107ad6e7fe377250eb147dca38798eea8dde92","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.178","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}