Records, papers, and other documents containing information collected or compiled by the Commission, its members, or employees as a result of a complaint, investigation, inquiry, or interview in connection with an application for license, or in connection with a license holder’s professional ethics and conduct, shall not be considered public records within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the N.C. Gen. Stat.. Any notice or statement of charges against a license holder or applicant, or any notice to a license holder or applicant of a hearing to be held by the Commission, is a public record even though it may contain information collected and compiled as a result of a complaint, investigation, inquiry, or interview conducted by the Commission. If any record, paper, or other document containing information collected and compiled by the Commission is admitted into evidence in a hearing held by the Commission, it shall then be a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the N.C. Gen. Stat.. ?(2012-120, s. 3(f).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 65-54.1

  • Commission: means the North Carolina Cemetery Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 65-48
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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.