§ 93-12.2. Board records are confidential. - North Carolina Statutes

§93‑12.2.  Board records are confidential.

Records, papers, and otherdocuments containing information collected or compiled by the Board, itsmembers, or employees, as a result of a complaint, investigation, inquiry, orinterview in connection with an application for examination, certification, orregistration, or in connection with a certificate holder's professional ethicsand conduct, shall not be considered public records within the meaning ofChapter 132 of the General Statutes. Any notice or statement of charges againsta certificate holder or applicant, or any notice to a certificate holder orapplicant of a hearing to be held by the Board is a public record, even thoughit may contain information collected and compiled as a result of a complaint, investigation,inquiry, or interview conducted by the Board. If any record, paper, or otherdocument containing information collected and compiled by the Board is admittedinto evidence in a hearing held by the Board, it shall then be a public recordwithin the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (1997‑157,s. 2.)