(a) To be eligible for consideration, a Licensing application shall be submitted on or before the deadline established by the Director.

(1) The Commission may establish different deadlines for different Licenses.

(2) After an application deadline passes for a particular License, the Director may establish a new deadline for a cycle of future applications.

(b) When an application or any supplemental element of an application shall be submitted to the Director by a particular date, then such material shall be submitted not later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the last day of the specified period. Any application materials submitted after that deadline will not be considered. The risk of technological, electronic, or other logistical difficulties that prevent timely submission of application materials is on the Applicant.

(c) The Director may, at their discretion, extend the submission deadline for all Applicants for a particular License for a period determined by the Commission.

(d) The Commission may also utilize rolling application processes that do not require deadlines.

History Note: Authority G.S. 18C-114(a)(14);

Previously adopted as Rule 1B-006

Eff. January 8, 2024;

Readopted Eff. March 27, 2024.