NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.31
PRACTICE AS A CLINICAL ADDICTION SPECIALIST WITHOUT A LICENSE- USING [LETTERS] [WORDS] [NUMERICAL CODES] [INSIGNIA]. MISDEMEANOR.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was not [registered] [certified] [licensed]
as a clinical addiction specialist.
And Second, that the defendant used in connection with any name
any [letters] [words] [numerical codes] [insignia] that [indicated]
[implied] that the defendant was a [registrant] [certified alcohol and drug
counselor] [certified prevention specialist] [certified clinical supervisor]
[licensed clinical addiction specialist] [certified substance abuse
residential facility director] [alcohol and drug counselor intern] [certified
criminal justice addiction professional] [licensed clinical addiction
specialist associate1].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was not [registered] [certified]
[licensed] as a clinical addiction specialist and used in connection with
any name any [letters] [words] [numerical codes] [insignia] that
[indicated] [implied] that the defendant was a [registrant] [certified
alcohol and drug counselor] [certified prevention specialist] [certified
clinical supervisor] [licensed clinical addiction specialist] [certified
substance abuse residential facility director] [alcohol and drug counselor
intern] [certified criminal justice addiction professional] [licensed clinical
addiction specialist associate], it would be your duty to return a verdict of
guilty. If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or
more of these things, then it would be your duty to return a verdict of not
guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.31 (June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113.43(a)(2). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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