From OAH: In response to public comments, the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Rules Review Commission have approved amendments to the Administrative Rule Style Guide. The updated version of the Style Guide is now available here on the OAH website. If you want to see exactly what changed, a redline version is available here. Examples […]
By Nahale Freeland Kalfas The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) has recently enacted the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact (ASLP-IC), Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PsyPact) and is already a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) and Physical Therapy Compact (PT Compact). NCGA has also introduced the Occupational Therapy Compact (OT Compact) and anticipates introduction of other […]
By Nahale Freeland Kalfas We all have that one mentor whose guidance has been invaluable to our professional advancement or simply an individual who we have admired from afar, and we all like to have our efforts recognized. Now is the time to acknowledge that person. We are now accepting nominations for the North Carolina Bar […]
The State Archives is again hosting a series of free workshops on records management. Learn more here.
In the “olden” days, before September 2019, some felt that dealing with the Rules Review Commission (RRC) and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) kind of cramped their rule-writing style. Many will recall the seemingly endless corrections of “which” to “that” or from “including but not limited to” to “including.” And then there were the […]
Paraphrasing Shakespeare, when it comes to COVID-19, there are more things in heaven and earth than any one attorney has considered. Puzzle out some pressing pandemic issues by participating in the upcoming CLE, Law in the Time of Corona: People, Places, Protests and Police. Profit from the pundits and their manuscripts as they provide practice […]
Krishnan v. NC Dep’t of Health & Hum. Servs (20-107 – Published) Author: Judge Richard Dietz State employee grievance; administrative law; time period to petition for contested case. ALJ, on own initiative, dismissed petition for contested case hearing as untimely per GS 150B-23(f). Parties appealed, saying St. Human Resources Act, GS 126-34.02 applied; therefore, statute of […]
By Nicholas Dowgul Each year occupational licensing boards and state agencies are required to submit reports to North Carolina governmental committees and offices. There have been some recent changes to the time frame for some reports as well as the addition of another report. Due to COVID-19, we have seen a direct impact on fingerprint […]
By Jack Nichols History of the Venue Provision in the APA In American law, North Carolina is the birthplace of judicial review. In 1787, eighteen years before Marbury v. Madison,[1] the Supreme Court of North Carolina not only issued the first reported decision, but also issued the first reported decision involving the principle of judicial […]
Business Court Narrows How Public Records Act Applies to Entities with Government Ties It Can Be Difficult to Revoke a Police Officer’s License. Some States Are Trying to Make it Easier. New telling of Perry Mason’s tale makes case against licensing burdens “On Neglecting Regulatory Benefits,” Administrative Law Review, Summer 2020, ABA Administrative Law & […]