No person shall do any of the following:

(1)        Engage in or offer professional employer services without holding a license under this Article as a professional employer organization.

(2)        Use the name or title “staff leasing company”, “employee leasing company”, “licensed staff leasing company”, “staff leasing services company”, “professional employer organization”, or “administrative employer” or otherwise represent that the person is licensed under this Article unless the person holds a license issued under this Article.

(3)        Represent as the person’s own the license of another person or represent that a person is licensed if the person does not hold a license.

(4)        Give materially false or forged evidence to the Commissioner in connection with obtaining or maintaining a license or in connection with disciplinary proceedings under this Article.

(5)        Use or attempt to use a license that has been suspended or terminated. (2002-168, s. 8; 2004-162, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-89A-170

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3