Former NC House Speaker Jim Black's eye license restored
(The News & Observer) - Former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black can resume work as an eye doctor after leaving a federal prison where he served time for government corruption, the Associated Press reports.
A North Carolina optometry board attorney said Friday the panel voted to restore Black's license to practice optometry Thursday once paperwork is finalized and he pays a fee.
Black left federal prison in Georgia last month. The Matthews Democrat had surrendered his license in 2008 while in prison. His lawyer said last month that he planned to write a book.
Black was scheduled to be released in February 2012, but won early release in part by completing a nine-month, 500-hour drug-abuse program.
Black, who led the N.C. House for a record-tying eight years, in 2007 became one of state's highest-serving officials jailed on corruption charges.
He pleaded guilty to accepting at least $25,000 in illegal, mostly cash payments from chiropractors.
A North Carolina optometry board attorney said Friday the panel voted to restore Black's license to practice optometry Thursday once paperwork is finalized and he pays a fee.
Black left federal prison in Georgia last month. The Matthews Democrat had surrendered his license in 2008 while in prison. His lawyer said last month that he planned to write a book.
Black was scheduled to be released in February 2012, but won early release in part by completing a nine-month, 500-hour drug-abuse program.
Black, who led the N.C. House for a record-tying eight years, in 2007 became one of state's highest-serving officials jailed on corruption charges.
He pleaded guilty to accepting at least $25,000 in illegal, mostly cash payments from chiropractors.
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