§415A-24  Interrogatories by director. The director may direct to any professional corporation organized to practice aprofession within the jurisdiction of the director and to any officer ordirector thereof, such interrogatories as may be reasonably necessary andproper to enable the director to ascertain whether the corporation has compliedwith all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to the corporation.  Theinterrogatories shall be answered within thirty days after the mailing thereof,or within such additional time as shall be fixed by the director, and theanswers thereto shall be full and complete and shall be made in writing andunder oath.  If the interrogatories are directed to an individual, they shallbe answered by the individual, and if directed to a professional corporation,they shall be answered by the president, vice president, secretary, orassistant secretary thereof.  The director shall certify to the attorneygeneral, for any action the attorney general may deem appropriate, allinterrogatories and answers thereto which disclose a violation of any of theprovisions of this chapter.

Interrogatories directed to an individual or aprofessional corporation by the director and the answers thereto shall not beopen to public inspection nor shall the director disclose any facts orinformation obtained therefrom except insofar as the director's official dutymay require the same to be made public or in the event such interrogatories orthe answers thereto are required for evidence in any criminal proceeding or anyother action by this State. [L 1985, c 259, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c135, §128; am L 1996, c 13, §9]