1957_session laws_598_2
CHAPTER 597 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF LICENSED MEDICAL PHYSICIANS EVERY TWO YEARS WITH THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CARO- LINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section to be designated as G. S. 90-15.1, and to read as follows: G. S. 90-15.1. Every person heretofore or hereafter licensed to practice medicine by said Board of Medical Examiners shall, during the month of January, 1958, and during the month of January in every even-numbered year thereafter, register with the Secretary-Treasurer of said Board his name and office and residence address and such other information as the Board may deem necessary and shall pay a registration fee fixed by the Board not in excess of five dollars ($5.00). In the event a physician fails to register as herein provided he shall pay an additional amount of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Board. Should a physician fail to register and pay the fees imposed, and should such failure continue for a period of thirty days, the license of such physician may be suspended by the Board, after notice and hearing at the next regular meeting of the Board. Upon payment of all fees and penalties which may be due, the license of any such physician shall be reinstated.