North Carolina HB 122: North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 122
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/13/26

Short Title: North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 17, 2025
*H122-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF INTEGRATIVE 2
THERAPIES AND TO CREATE LICENSURE PROCESSES FOR ART THERAPISTS 3
AND MUSIC THERAPISTS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article 6
to read: 7
"Article 44. 8
"Integrative Therapies. 9
"Part 1. North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies. 10
"§ 90-750.1. Title and purpose. 11
(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "North Carolina Integrative 12
Therapies Act." 13
(b) The North Carolina Integrative Therapies Act is established to safeguard the public 14
health, safety, and welfare; to protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons; to 15
assure the highest degree of professional services and conduct on the part of practitioners of the 16
integrative therapies; to provide for the establishment of licensure requirements; and to ensure 17
the availability of integrative therapies services of high quality to persons in need of such 18
services. 19
"§ 90-750.2. Definitions. 20
The following definitions apply in this Article: 21
(1) Advisory committee. – A committee charged with supervising the day-to-day 22
regulation of an integrative therapy profession. Advisory committees shall 23
screen applicants for licensure and conduct all investigations necessary to give 24
recommendations to the Board. 25
(2) Board. – The North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies, as established 26
pursuant to G.S. 90-750.3. 27
(3) Integrative therapies. – The use of allopathic, complementary, or integrative 28
approaches to the art and science of medicine for the prevention, 29
identification, and treatment of human physical or mental conditions, diseases, 30
ailments, illnesses, infirmities, pain, defects, or injuries and the promotion and 31
restoration of health and wellness. 32
(4) Integrative therapies profession. – Any of the professions listed in 33
G.S. 90-750.8. 34
(5) North Carolina Integrative Therapies License. – A license in an integrative 35
therapy profession issued pursuant to this Article. 36

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 122-Second Edition
"§ 90-750.3. North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies; composition; terms; 1
compensation. 2
(a) Establishment. – The North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies is hereby created. 3
The Board shall consist of the following members appointed to three-year terms as follows: 4
(1) One art therapist appointed by the General Assembly upon the 5
recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. 6
(2) One music therapist appointed by the Speaker of the House of 7
Representatives. 8
(3) One art therapist appointed by the Governor. 9
(4) One music therapist appointed by the Governor. 10
(5) Two physicians licensed under Article 1 of this Chapter who have experience 11
with integrative therapies appointed by the Governor. 12
(6) One member of the public appointed by the Governor. 13
(b) Vacancies. – Any vacancies on the Board shall be filled by the appointing authority 14
as provided in subsection (a) of this section, except that any vacancy in appointments by the 15
General Assembly shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 120-122. Individuals appointed to fill 16
vacancies shall serve until the normal expiration of the term they were appointed to fill. 17
(c) Qualifications. – 18
(1) All members appointed to the Board shall be citizens of the United States and 19
residents of the State of North Carolina. 20
(2) All members appointed to the Board, except for the physicians appointed by 21
the Governor under subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of this section and the 22
public member appointed by the Governor under subdivision (6) of subsection 23
(a) of this section, shall be required to hold a North Carolina Integrative 24
Therapies License in their respective profession and remain in good standing 25
for the duration of their terms. 26
(3) Public members of the Board shall not be: 27
a. An agent or employee trained or experienced in the practice of 28
integrative therapies. 29
b. An agent or employee of a person engaged in the practice of 30
integrative therapies. 31
c. A spouse of an individual licensed pursuant to this Article. 32
d. Any person with significant financial interest in a health service or 33
profession. 34
(d) New Integrative Therapies Professions. – Any integrative therapies professions 35
created after July 1, 2026, shall have two members on the Board, both of whom shall serve 36
three-year terms. One of these members shall be appointed by the Governor. The second member 37
shall be appointed by the General Assembly. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 38
make a recommendation t