3451-3456
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 3451-3456
3451. (a) A license issued under this chapter expires at midnight on its assigned renewal date. (b) To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, on or before the date of expiration of the license, apply for renewal on a form provided by the board, accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee. (c) Temporary license holders shall renew their licenses in accordance with Section 3357, and apply for that renewal on a form provided by the board, accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee for temporary licenses. (d) Each duplicate license issued for a branch office shall expire on the same date as the permanent license of the hearing aid dispenser to whom the duplicate license was issued. These duplicate licenses shall be renewed according to subdivision (b). 3452. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an expired license may be renewed at any time within three years after its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees. If the license is renewed after its expiration the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee is paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date provided in Section 3451 which next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed. 3453. A license which has been suspended is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article but such renewal does not entitle the holder of the license, while it remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the fitting or selling of hearing aids, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended. A license which has been revoked is subject to expiration, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation. 3454. A license that is not renewed within three years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but the holder of the expired license may apply for and obtain a new license if all of the following apply: (a) He or she has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. (b) He or she pays all the fees that would be required of him or her if he or she were then applying for a license for the first time. (c) He or she takes and passes the examination that would be required of him or her if he or she were then applying for a license for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is qualified to engage in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids. The board may, by regulation, provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in which a license is issued without an examination under this section. 3455. (a) The Hearing Aid Dispensers Account is hereby created in the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Fund. (b) All money in the Hearing Aid Dispensers Fund on January 1, 2010, shall be transferred on that date to the Hearing Aid Dispensers Account of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Fund. All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid by the board into the Hearing Aid Dispensers Account of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Fund. All money in that account and fund shall be used to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 5.3 (commencing with Section 2530), as provided in Section 2534. 3456. The amount of fees and penalties prescribed by this chapter shall be those set forth in this section unless a lower fee is fixed by the board: (a) The fee for applicants applying for the first time for a license is seventy-five dollars ($75), which shall not be refunded, except to applicants who are found to be ineligible to take an examination for a license. Those applicants are entitled to a refund of fifty dollars ($50). (b) The fees for taking or retaking the written and practical examinations shall be amounts fixed by the board, which shall be equal to the actual cost of preparing, grading, analyzing, and administering the examinations. (c) The initial temporary license fee is one hundred dollars ($100). The fee for renewal of a temporary license is one hundred dollars ($100) for each renewal. (d) The initial permanent license fee is two hundred eighty dollars ($280). The fee for renewal of a permanent license is not more than two hundred eighty dollars ($280) for each renewal. (e) The initial branch office license fee is twenty-five dollars ($25). The fee for renewal of a branch office license is twenty-five dollars ($25) for each renewal. (f) The delinquency fee is twenty-five dollars ($25). (g) The fee for issuance of a replacement license is twenty-five dollars ($25). (h) The continuing education course approval application fee is fifty dollars ($50). (i) The fee for official certification of licensure is fifteen dollars ($15).