NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.34
KNOWINGLY SERVING IN A POSITION REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE FILLED BY A CLINICAL ADDICTION SPECIALIST. 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 knowingly served in a position
required by [State law] [rule] [federal law] [regulation] to be filled by a
[registrant] [certified alcohol and drug counselor] [certified prevention
specialist] [certified criminal justice addiction professional] [certified
clinical supervisor] [licensed clinical addiction specialist] [certified
substance abuse residential facility director] [alcohol and drug counselor
intern] [licensed clinical addiction specialist associate] [clinical supervisor
intern].1
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 that the defendant
knowingly served in a position required by [State law] [rule] [federal law]
[regulation] to be filled by a [registrant] [certified alcohol and drug
counselor] [certified prevention specialist] [certified criminal justice
addiction professional] [certified clinical supervisor] [licensed clinical
addiction specialist] [certified substance abuse residential facility
director] [alcohol and drug counselor intern] [licensed clinical addiction
specialist associate] [clinical supervisor intern], 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. 259.34 (June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-113.43(a)(5). 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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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