2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 14-418. Prohibited handling of reptiles or suggesting or inducing others to handle.

§ 14‑418.  Prohibited handling of reptiles or suggesting or inducing others to handle.

It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally handle any reptile of a poisonous nature whose venom is not removed, by taking or holding such reptile in bare hands or by placing or holding such reptile against any exposed part of the human anatomy, or by placing their own or another's hand or any other part of the human anatomy in or near any box, cage, or other container wherein such reptile is known or suspected to be. It shall also be unlawful for any person to intentionally suggest, entice, invite, challenge, intimidate, exhort or otherwise induce or aid any person to handle or expose himself to any such poisonous reptile in any manner defined in this Article. (1949, c. 1084, s. 3.)