GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 144
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 14-118.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-118.2. Assisting, etc., in obtaining academic credit by fraudulent means.
(a) It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, corporation or association to assist any student, or
advertise, offer or attempt to assist any student, in obtaining or in
attempting to obtain, by fraudulent means, any academic credit, grade or
test score, or any diploma, certificate or other instrument purporting to
confer any literary, scientific, professional, technical or other degree in any
course of study in any university, college, academy or other educational
institution. The activity prohibited by this subsection includes, but is not
limited to, preparing or advertising, offering, or attempting to prepare a term
paper, thesis, or dissertation for another and another; impersonating
or advertising, offering or attempting to impersonate another in taking or
attempting to take an examination. examination; and the giving or
changing of a grade or test score or offering to give or change a grade or test
score in exchange for an article of value or money.
(b) Any person, firm,
corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five
hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Provided,
This section includes the acts of a teacher or other school official; however,
the provisions of this section shall not apply to the acts of one student in
assisting another student as herein defined if the former is duly registered in
an educational institution in North Carolina and is subject to the
disciplinary authority thereof."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 1989.