2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 90-131. Educational requirements, examination and certification of applicants.

§ 90‑131.  Educational requirements, examination and certification of applicants.

Any person, before engaging in the practice of osteopathy in this State, after June 3, 1959, shall, upon the payment of a fee of twenty‑five dollars ($25.00), make application for a certificate to practice osteopathy to the Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration on a form prescribed by the Board, giving, first, his name, age (which shall not be less than 21 years), and residence; second, evidence that such applicant is of good character and shall have, previous to the beginning of his course in osteopathy, obtained  a diploma from a high school, or academy, or its equivalent, and evidence of having completed not less than two years if he matriculated in an osteopathic college before October 1, 1952, and if  thereafter three years preosteopathic education in an accredited college or university approved by the Board; third, the date of his diploma, and evidence that such diploma was granted on personal attendance and completion of a course of not less than four academic years conforming to the minimum standards for osteopathic colleges established by the American Osteopathic Association. The Board may require the applicant to file an affidavit as to any facts pertaining to his application for a license to practice osteopathy and shall, except as otherwise provided, give to applicants a written examination in the subjects of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, toxicology, chemistry, osteopathic pathology, bacteriology, histology, diagnosis, hygiene, osteopathic obstetrics and gynecology, minor surgery, principles and practice of osteopathy, and such other like subjects as the Board may require. An applicant passing said examination with a minimum grade in each subject of seventy percent (70%) and a minimum general average of seventy‑five percent (75%) in all subjects and who otherwise meets the requirements of this Article shall be licensed to practice osteopathy as defined in G.S. 90‑129. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Article; and to employ qualified personnel including persons or organizations specially qualified in preparing, giving and grading examinations to assist or advise the Board. The Board may refuse to grant a certificate to any person convicted of a felony, or a crime involving moral turpitude or who engages in gross unprofessional or immoral conduct, or who is addicted to any vice to such a degree as to render him unfit to practice osteopathy, and may, after due notice and hearing, revoke such certificate for like cause. (1907, c. 764, s. 2; 1913, c. 92, s. 1; C.S., s. 6702; 1959, c. 705, s. 1.)