4544-4548
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 4544-4548
4544. A license expires each year on that date prescribed by the board, if not renewed. To renew an unexpired license the holder thereof shall, on or before each of the dates on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter. 4544.5. The board may establish a biennial renewal period. 4545. Except as provided in Section 4545.2, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within four years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees, and payment of all fees required by this chapter. If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its expiration, the holder, 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 4544 which next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed. A certificate which was forfeited for failure to renew under the law in effect before October 1, 1961, shall, for the purposes of this article, be considered to have expired on the date that it became forfeited. 4545.1. A suspended certificate is subject to expiration in the same manner as provided in this article for an unsuspended certificate, is subject to renewal in the same manner as provided in this article for an unsuspended certificate, and is subject to the provisions of this section relating to a suspended license. A suspended license 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 activity to which the license relates, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which it was suspended. 4545.2. A revoked certificate is subject to expiration in the same manner as provided in this article for an unrevoked certificate, but it may not be renewed. An application for reinstatement of a revoked certificate shall be deemed an application for reinstatement of a revoked license and shall be processed as such. The board shall issue a psychiatric technician's license to each holder of a psychiatric technician certificate who qualifies for reinstatement pursuant to this chapter and who applies for reinstatement. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the holder of the license shall, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, 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. 4545.3. A certificate and the holder thereof are subject to this section in the same manner as are a license and the holder thereof. A license which is not renewed within four years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the holder may apply for and obtain a new license if: (a) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which would justify denial of the license under Section 480. (b) He pays all of the fees which would be required of him if he were then applying for a license for the first time, and (c) He takes and passes the examination, if any, which would be required of him if he were then applying for the license for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the board that, with due regard for the public interest, he is qualified to perform the services described in Section 4502. The board may, by appropriate 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. 4546. The board shall report each month to the Controller the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter and at the same time pay the entire amount thereof into the State Treasury for credit to the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund. 4547. All expenses incurred in the operation of this chapter shall be paid out of the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund from the revenue received by the board under this chapter and deposited in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund. No part of the expenses shall be charged against any funds which are derived from any functions of the board provided for in other chapters of this code. 4548. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions shall be according to the following schedule: (a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the actual cost to purchase an examination from a vendor approved by the board. (c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall be in an amount of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than three hundred dollars ($300). (e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and may be fixed by the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and in no case more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is filed. (g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount no less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50). (h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an amount not less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50). (i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other states shall be in an amount not less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50). (j) The fee to be paid for postlicensure certification in blood withdrawal shall be in an amount not less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50). (k) The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal for a provider of an approved continuing education course or a course to meet the certification requirements for blood withdrawal shall be in an amount not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than two hundred dollars ($200).