Title 3, Human Resources

Exemptions. No provision in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the following: (a) The practice of nursing that is an integral part of a program by students enrolled in board-approved nursing education programs; (b) The rendering of assistance by anyone in the case of an …

License Fees. (a) The Board is authorized to establish appropriate fees for licensure by examination, reexamination, endorsement and such other fees and fines as the Board determines necessary. Each application for a license by examination, endorsement, or waiver, or any temporar…

Implementation. (a) Any person holding a license to practice nursing as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that is valid on the effective date of this chapter shall be deemed to be licensed as a Registered Nurse under the provisions of this cha…

Who is Covered. (a) After December 31, 1975. All services for wages received by a person after December 31, 1975, and, effective for taxable years beginning after 1980, all self-employment income derived by an individual, shall be covered by this division unless such wages or sel…

Agreement for Coverage of Employees of the Government of the Trust Territory. The resident commissioner or, after January 9, 1978, the Governor is authorized to enter into an agreement with the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory for the purpose of extending coverage under t…

Old-Age Insurance Benefits: Eligibility. Every person who: (a) Is a fully insured individual; (b) Has attained age: (1) Sixty years on or before June 30, 1978; (2) Sixty and one-half years in the period beginning July 1, 1978, and ending February 28, 1979; (3) Sixty-one years in …

Disability Insurance Benefits: Eligibility. Every person who: (a) Is fully and currently insured, (b) Has not attained retirement age, (c) Has filed application for disability insurance benefits, and (d) Is under a disability shall be entitled to a disability insurance benefit (1…

Survivors’ Insurance Benefits: Eligibility. (a) Survivors’ Insurance Benefits: Eligibility. (1) Every person who: (A) Is the surviving spouse of a person who at the time of death was a fully insured individual and (B) Has filed application for survivors’ insurance benefits shall …

Retirement and Disability Insurance Benefits: Amount. (a) Benefits Payable Before July 1976. (1) The monthly old-age retirement benefit or disability benefit payable to an individual under this division shall be in an amount calculated upon an annual basis of nine percent of the …

Survivors’ Insurance Benefits: Eligibility. (a) Survivors’ Insurance Benefits: Amount. (1) Benefits Payable Before January 1977. (A) The monthly benefit payable to a surviving spouse under this division shall be in an amount equal to 50 percent of the retirement insurance benefit…

Lump Sum Benefits. (a) When a worker dies before becoming entitled to benefits under this division or dies after becoming entitled to benefits but the benefit payments the worker and his or her dependent have received under this division were less than four percent of the worker’…

Overpayments and Underpayments. (a) Whenever an error has been made with respect to insurance payments to an individual, proper adjustment shall be made, under regulations promulgated by the Social Security Administrator in accordance with law, by increasing or decreasing subsequ…

Totalization Agreement. The resident commissioner or, after January 8, 1978, the Governor is authorized to enter into an agreement with the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory establishing a totalization arrangement between the social security system established by this divi…

Application for Monthly Insurance Benefits. (a) An individual who would have been entitled to a benefit under 3 CMC §§ 3303, 3304 or 3305 for any month had that individual filed application therefor prior to the end of such month shall be entitled to such benefit for such month i…

Earnings Test. (a) Prior to January 1, 1978, an individual who receives a retirement, disability, or survivor’s benefit under this division and who works in covered or noncovered employment shall have his quarterly benefit reduced by $1 for each $2 earned in a quarter, except the…

Fires to Clear Land: Permission Required. No fires to clear land, including the burning of stumps, logs, brush, dry grass or fallen timber, shall be started without the prior written permission of the Commissioner of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, or an authorized represent…

Fires to Clear Land: Penalties. (a) A person who, without proper and valid authorization sets any fire in violation of 3 CMC § 5301 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined up to $100, or imprisoned not more than one month, or both. (b) A person who, without proper and …

Permits. For anyone other than Department of Public Safety personnel in the course of their official duties, a permit is required to use or operate fire hydrants or valves intended for fire suppression purposes which are installed on water systems and accessible to public highway…

Fire Apparatus Access. Plans for fire apparatus access roads shall be submitted to the Department of Public Safety and the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation for review and approval prior to construction. Source: PL 12-74, § 3.

Fire Hydrant Systems. Plans and specifications for fire hydrant systems shall be submitted to the Department of Public Safety and the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation for review and approval prior to construction. Source: PL 12-74, § 4.

Fire Protection Equipment and Fire Hydrants. Fire protection equipment and fire hydrants shall be clearly identified in an approved manner to prevent obstruction by parking and other obstruction. Source: PL 12-74, § 5.

Testing and Maintenance. Fire hydrants systems shall be subject to such periodic tests as required by the chief. Fire hydrant systems shall be maintained in an operative condition at all times and shall be repaired where defective. Addition, repairs, alterations and servicing sha…

Systems in High-Rise Buildings. The owner of a high-rise building shall be responsible for assuring that the fire and life-safety systems required by the Building Code are maintained in an operable condition at all times. Source: PL 12-74, § 7.

Fire Hydrants and Fire Appliances. Fire hydrants and fire appliances required by this code to be installed or maintained shall not be removed, tampered with or otherwise disturbed except for the purpose of extinguishing fire, training, recharging or making necessary repairs, or w…

Barriers, Security Devices, Signs and Seals. Locks, gates, doors, barricades, chains, enclosures, signs, tags or seals which have been installed by the fire division or by its order or under its control shall not be removed, unlocked, destroyed, tampered with or otherwise moleste…

Obstruction and Impairment of Fire Hydrants and Fire Protection Equipment. Posts, fences, vehicles, growth, trash, storage and other materials or things shall not be placed or kept near fire hydrants, fire division inlet connections or fire-protection system control valves in a m…

Clear Space Around Hydrants. A 3-foot clear space shall be maintained around the circumference of fire hydrants except as otherwise required or approved. Source: PL 12-74, § 11.

Use of Fire Hydrants. Any use of fire hydrants or tampering therewith or the taking of water for purposes other than fire suppression by persons other than authorized employees of the Department of Public Safety and the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation in the performance of the…

Penalties. Any person violating Section 5331 of this Act shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, imprisonment for not more than six months or both. Source: PL 12-74, § 13, modified.