§ 74C-2. Licenses required. - North Carolina Statutes

§74C‑2.  Licenses required.

(a)        No private person,firm, association, or corporation shall engage in, perform any services as, orin any way represent or hold itself out as engaging in a private protectiveservices profession or activity in this State without having first compliedwith the provisions of this Chapter. Compliance with the licensing requirementsof this Chapter shall not relieve any person, firm, association or corporationfrom compliance with any other licensing law.

(b)        An individual inpossession of a valid private protective services license or private detectivetrainee permit issued prior to October 1, 1989, shall not be subject toforfeiture of such license by virtue of this Chapter. Such license shall,however, remain subject to suspension, denial, or revocation in the same mannerin which all other licenses issued pursuant to this Chapter are subject tosuspension, denial, or revocation.

(c)        In its discretion,the Private Protective Services Board may issue a trainee permit in lieu of aprivate investigator license provided that the applicant works under the directsupervision of a licensee. (1973, c. 528, s. 1; 1979, c. 818, s. 1; 1989, c. 759,s. 2.)