---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Penalty Unauth. Practice of Medicine."
description: "Clarify Penalty Unauth. Practice of Medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "North Carolina SB 31 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MANSFIELD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74dd1b64-af9e-4219-9ed3-d9540ed05e2f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S31&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7d426b843dedb1131ebd573279d2d12478539e98e1c07d32e466d4dbcba08a0f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 31 (2011) — Clarify Penalty Unauth. Practice of Medicine.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-23-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/253/0/S31-ASQ-23-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S31v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt\M6 Reconsider — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- C Rpt Adopt — **106–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mansfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-194 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-09** Orig Conference Report Withdrawn
- **2011-06-09** Orig Conference Report Vote Reconsidered
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-08** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-08** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-04-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-04-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-04-14** Failed Concur In H Amend
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-12** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Postponed To 4/6/2011
- **2011-04-04** Postponed To 4/5/2011
- **2011-03-31** Postponed To 4/4/2011
- **2011-03-30** Placed On Cal For 3/31/2011
- **2011-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74dd1b64-af9e-4219-9ed3-d9540ed05e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).