{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-634.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-634.1","heading":"Civil penalties; disciplinary costs.","body":"(a)\tAuthority to Assess Civil Penalties. - The Board may assess a civil penalty not in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the violation of any section of this Article or the violation of any rules adopted by the Board. The continuation of the same act for which the penalty is imposed shall not be the basis for an additional penalty unless the penalty is imposed against the same party who has repeated the same act for which the discipline has previously been imposed. The clear proceeds of any civil penalty assessed under this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2.\n(b)\tConsideration Factors. - Before imposing and assessing a civil penalty, the Board shall consider the following factors:\n(1)\tThe nature, gravity, and persistence of the particular violation.\n(2)\tThe appropriateness of the imposition of a civil penalty when considered alone or in combination with other punishment.\n(3)\tWhether the violation was willful and malicious.\n(4)\tAny other factors that would tend to mitigate or aggravate the violations found to exist.\n(c)\tSchedule of Civil Penalties. - The Board shall establish a schedule of civil penalties for violations of this Article and rules adopted by the Board.\n(d)\tTranscriptions Costs. - The Board may assess the costs of transcriptions of a disciplinary hearing held by the Board or the Office of Administrative Hearings to include the recording of the hearing by a court reporter and transcription of the proceeding against a person found to be in violation of this Article or rules adopted by the Board. (2003-348, s. 4; 2008-224, s. 19.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 36. Massage and Bodywork Therapy Practice."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-634.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"09144189b12f390ed6964367db8c1e547101ae8096bff68bd077fec58ff13dfa","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-634","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-635"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}