Title 43 — Occupations and Professions

The following standards apply to veterinary retail facilities: 1. Veterinary prescription drugs dispensed by a veterinary retail facility pursuant to a licensed veterinarian's prescription are for use on equidae, food-animals, and nontraditional livestock only. 2. Veterinary disp…

To be eligible to be registered by the board as a veterinary dispensing technician, an individual must meet one of the following requirements: 1. Successful completion of an academic program approved by the state board of pharmacy; 2. Successful completion of a certification prog…

1. A veterinary dispensing technician must register with the state board of pharmacy on an annual basis. 2. A veterinary dispensing technician must be assigned a registration number. 3. The state board of pharmacy shall provide the veterinary dispensing technician with an annual …

1. Each registered veterinary dispensing technician shall complete at least eight hours of approved continuing education every year as a condition of renewal of a registration as a veterinary dispensing technician in this state. Of the required eight hours of continuing education…

As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the North Dakota board of medicine. 2. "Licensee" means an individual who is under the jurisdiction of the board of medicine. 3. "Physician" means a person engaged in the practice o…

1. For the purpose of investigating complaints or other information that might give rise to a disciplinary proceeding against a licensee, the executive director of the board shall designate two investigative panels, each composed of six members of the board. Five members of each …

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 381, § 11.

Meetings of the investigative panels must be held at least once annually in Bismarck, North Dakota, and at such other place or places within the state and at such times as each investigative panel may determine. A majority of the members of an investigative panel constitutes a qu…

1. Any person may make or refer written complaints to the investigative panels with reference to the acts, activities, or qualifications of any licensee, or to request that an investigative panel review the qualifications of any licensee to continue to practice in this state. Any…

1. A licensee, a health care institution in the state, a state agency, or a law enforcement agency in the state having actual knowledge that a licensee may have committed any of the grounds for disciplinary action provided by law or by rules adopted by the board shall report that…

The board's investigative panels may: 1. Subpoena witnesses and medical or other records relating to the practice of any licensee under investigation. The confidentiality of the records by any other statute or law does not affect the validity of an investigative panel's subpoena …

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 525, § 13.

1. Communications to the investigative panels and their agents are privileged and confidential, and no member of the investigative panels nor any of their agents may be compelled to testify with respect thereto in any proceedings except in formal proceedings conducted before the …

Members of the investigative panels, special masters appointed by an investigative panel, and agents of an investigative panel, are immune from any liability of any kind based upon any acts or omissions in the course of the performance of responsibilities in an official capacity …

As used in this chapter: 1. "Board" means the North Dakota board of medicine. 2. "Committee or designated agency" means a committee or delegated agency of the physician health program which is composed of physicians and other professionals who have expertise in the areas of alcoh…

1. The board may enter an agreement with the physician health program for the program to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement. The functions and responsibilities of the agreement may include any or all of the following: a. Contracting with age…

In consultation with the board, the physician health program shall develop procedures for: 1. Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding physician health program activity. 2. Periodic disclosure and joint review of information the board deems appropriate regarding re…

If the board determines a licensee currently exhibits possible impairment, the board may direct that an evaluation of the licensee be facilitated by the physician health program or by the committee or designated agency for the purpose of determining whether there is a current nee…

1. A licensee or student may voluntarily self-refer or self-report to the physician health program or the board for a potentially impairing condition. 2. A licensee: a. Who under this section voluntarily seeks the assistance of the physician health program in assessing or dealing…

A report by a health professional, including a self-report or self-referral by a licensee to the physician health program, must be deemed to be a report to the board for the purposes of mandated reporting of physician impairment.

1. Notwithstanding section 44-04-18, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all physician health program records containing identifying information about a licensee participant are confidential and may not be disclosed: a. To any third person, unless disclosure is reasonab…

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board, the physician health program, committee or designated agency, or delegated individuals and members of any of these entities are not liable to any person for any acts, omissions, or recommendations made in good faith within…

ARTICLE I - PURPOSE In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the interstate medical licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the…

1. In order to strengthen access to medical services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services, the participating states of the physician assistant licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements th…

In this compact: 1. "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a physician assistant license or license application or compact privilege including lic…

1. To participate in this compact, a participating state shall: a. License physician assistants; b. Participate in the compact commission's data system; c. Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints against licensees and license applicants; d. Notify the…

1. To exercise the compact privilege, a licensee shall: a. Have graduated from a physician assistant program accredited by the accreditation review commission on education for the physician assistant or other program authorized by commission rule; b. Hold current national commiss…

1. A participating state in which a licensee is licensed has exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state. 2. In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state, in accordance with existing state du…

1. The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency and national administrative body known as the physician assistant licensure compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentality o…

1. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all licensed physician assi…

1. The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Commission rules become binding as of the date specified by the commission for each rule. 2. The commission shall promulgate reasonable rule…

1. Oversight. a. The executive and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. b. Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission must b…

1. This compact and the commission's rulemaking authority must be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules may not be cons…

1. This compact does not prevent the enforcement of any other law of a participating state that is not inconsistent with this compact. 2. A law in a participating state in conflict with this compact is superseded to the extent of the conflict. 3. All agreements between the commis…

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the state board of plumbing. 2. "Water conditioning contractor" means a person who plans and manages the installation and repair of water conditioning equipment, and in conjunction therewit…

All fees and money obtained by the board through the administration of this chapter must be used for the regulation of the business of water conditioning installation and repair, through the board, and all such fees and money are appropriated to the board for such purpose. This a…

The board shall: 1. Enforce the provisions of this chapter. 2. Prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for the examination, regulation, and licensing of water conditioning contractors and water conditioning installers.

1. No person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company, except plumbers holding valid licenses pursuant to chapter 43-18, shall engage in the business of water conditioning contractor or water conditioning installer in any incorporated city of this state having a system of…

The board, upon payment of the fees provided in this chapter, shall issue special temporary permits to engage in water conditioning installation and repair as provided in this chapter to those applicants who furnish sufficient proof that they were engaged in such business on Janu…

Conviction of an offense does not disqualify a person from licensure under this chapter unless the board determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a water conditioning contractor, or that, following conviction of any offense, …

Except for special temporary licenses as provided in this chapter, a license issued under this chapter is valid for only one year and expires on December thirty-first of the year in which it was issued. The license must be renewed by the board upon application made within thirty …

The board may revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter if the licensee has: 1. Committed an offense determined by the board to have a direct bearing upon a holder's ability to serve the public as a water conditioning contractor, or the board determines, foll…

A license issued under the provisions of this chapter may be revoked only upon a charge in writing filed with the board and after a hearing thereon by the board. Such hearing must be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 43-18-19. Reinstatement of a lic…

Any person that violates the state plumbing code adopted under section 43-18-09, violates subsection 1 of section 43-18.1-04, or works under the license of another person in a manner that is in violation of subsection 3 of section 43-18.1-04 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the state board of plumbing. 2. "Sewer and water contractor" means any person who installs, plans, and manages the installation and repair of building sewer and water service. 3. "Sewer and…

The board shall: 1. Enforce this chapter. 2. Adopt rules not inconsistent with this chapter for the examination, regulation, and licensing of sewer and water contractors and sewer and water installers. 3. Exempt from the provisions of sections 43-18.2-06, 43-18.2-07, and 43-18.2-…

No person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company, except plumbers holding valid licenses under chapter 43-18, may engage in the business of sewer and water contractor or sewer and water installer unless registered and licensed by the board to do so. This license allows …

All applicants for a building sewer and water installer apprentice license shall complete an application identifying the building sewer and water installer under whose supervision the applicant is working. The license is without charge for two years and must be renewed annually.

An applicant for a sewer and water contractor's license or a sewer and water installer's license from out of state may take the examination upon showing by affidavits that the applicant has experience in the state in which the applicant is licensed. This experience must be the sa…

An applicant for a sewer and water installer's license shall show evidence of two years' experience as a building sewer and water installer apprentice in this state. Applicants for a sewer and water installation contractor's license must have one year's experience as an installer…