FILED SENATE
Mar 30, 2023
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 454
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
S D
SENATE BILL DRS45216-NB-30
Short Title: Behavior Analyst Credentialing Modification. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Perry (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CREDENTIALING OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS UNDER THE
3 NORTH CAROLINA BEHAVIOR ANALYST BOARD.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 90-732 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 90-732. Definitions.
7 The following definitions apply in this Article:
8 (1) Behavior analysis. – The design, implementation, and evaluation of
9 systematic instructional and environmental modifications to produce
10 significant personal or interpersonal improvements in human behavior.
11 (2) Behavior technician. – A paraprofessional who delivers applied behavior
12 analysis services and who practices under the close, ongoing supervision of a
13 licensed behavior analyst, licensed assistant behavior analyst, or other
14 professional licensed under this Chapter or Chapter 90B of the General
15 Statutes, so long as the services of the licensed professional are within the
16 scope of practice of the license possessed by that licensed professional, and
17 the services performed are commensurate with the licensed professional's
18 education, training, and experience. The behavior technician does not design
19 assessment or intervention plans or procedures but delivers services as
20 assigned by a supervisor who is responsible for the behavior technician's
21 work.
22 (3) Board. – The North Carolina Behavior Analyst Board.
23 (4) Certifying entity. – The nationally accredited Behavior Analyst Certification
24 Board, Inc., or its successor.successor, or the nationally accredited Qualified
25 Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board, or its successor.
26 …."
27 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRS45216-NB-30*


Statutes affected:
Filed: 90-732
Edition 1: 90-732