North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.9. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Data system
(a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable as required by the rules of the Commission, including:
(1) Identifying information.
(2) Licensure data.
(3) Adverse actions against a license or compact privilege.
(4) Nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation.
(5) Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s) for denial.
(6) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission.
(c) Investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state shall only be available to other member states.
(d) The Commission shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee in any member state shall be available to any other member state.
(e) Member states contributing information to the data system may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.
(f) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system. ?(2020-87, s. 3.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.9
- Adverse action: Any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, including actions against an individual's license or privilege to practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, or restriction on the licensee's practice. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- Alternative program: A nondisciplinary monitoring process approved by an audiology or speech-language pathology licensing board to address impaired practitioners. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- Compact privilege: The authorization granted by a remote state to allow a licensee from another member state to practice as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist in the remote state under its laws and rules. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- Data system: A repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, continuing education, examination, licensure, investigative, compact privilege, and adverse action. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- Licensee: An individual who currently holds an authorization from the state licensing board to practice as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- Member state: Member state means a state that has enacted the Compact. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2
- State: Any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that regulates the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-312.2