4723.08 Fees.
4723.08 Fees.
(A) The board of nursing may impose fees not to exceed the following limits:
(1) For application for licensure by examination to practice nursing as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse, seventy-five dollars;
(2) For application for licensure by endorsement to practice nursing as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse, seventy-five dollars;
(3) For application for a certificate of authority to practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner, one hundred dollars;
(4) For application for a temporary dialysis technician certificate, the amount specified in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code;
(5) For application for a full dialysis technician certificate, the amount specified in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code;
(6) For application for a certificate to prescribe, fifty dollars;
(7) For verification of a nursing license, certificate of authority, or dialysis technician certificate to another jurisdiction, fifteen dollars;
(8) For providing a replacement copy of a nursing license, certificate of authority, certificate to prescribe, dialysis technician certificate, intravenous therapy card, or frameable certificate, twenty-five dollars;
(9) For biennial renewal of a nursing license that expires on or after August 31, 2003, but before January 1, 2004, forty-five dollars;
(10) For biennial renewal of a nursing license that expires on or after January 1, 2004, sixty-five dollars;
(11) For biennial renewal of a certificate of authority to practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse mid-wife, or certified nurse practitioner that expires on or before August 31, 2005, one hundred dollars;
(12) For biennial renewal of a certificate of authority to practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner that expires on or after September 1, 2005, eighty-five dollars;
(13) For renewal of a certificate to prescribe, fifty dollars;
(14) For biennial renewal of a dialysis technician certificate, the amount specified in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code;
(15) For processing a late application for renewal of a nursing license, certificate of authority, or dialysis technician certificate, fifty dollars;
(16) For application for authorization to approve continuing nursing education programs and courses from an applicant accredited by a national accreditation system for nursing, five hundred dollars;
(17) For application for authorization to approve continuing nursing education programs and courses from an applicant not accredited by a national accreditation system for nursing, one thousand dollars;
(18) For each year for which authorization to approve continuing nursing education programs and courses is renewed, one hundred fifty dollars;
(19) For application for approval to operate a dialysis training program, the amount specified in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code;
(20) For reinstatement of a lapsed nursing license, certificate of authority, or dialysis technician certificate, one hundred dollars;
(21) For written verification of a nursing license, certificate of authority, or dialysis technician certificate, when the verification is performed for purposes other than providing verification to another jurisdiction, five dollars;
(22) For processing a check returned to the board by a financial institution as noncollectible, twenty-five dollars;
(23) For issuance of an intravenous therapy card for which a fee may be charged under section 4723.17 of the Revised Code, twenty-five dollars;
(24) For out-of-state survey visits of nursing education programs operating in Ohio, two thousand dollars;
(25) The amounts specified in rules adopted under section 4723.88 of the Revised Code pertaining to the issuance of certificates to community health workers, including fees for application for a certificate, verification of a certificate to another jurisdiction, written verification of a certificate when the verification is performed for purposes other than verification to another jurisdiction, providing a replacement copy of a certificate, biennial renewal of a certificate, processing a late application for renewal of a certificate, reinstatement of a lapsed certificate, application for approval of a community health worker training program for community health workers, and biennial renewal of the approval of a training program for community health workers.
(B) Each quarter, for purposes of transferring funds under section 4743.05 of the Revised Code to the nurse education assistance fund created in section 3333.28 of the Revised Code, the board of nursing shall certify to the director of budget and management the number of biennial licenses renewed under this chapter during the preceding quarter and the amount equal to that number times five dollars.
(C) The board may charge a participant in a board-sponsored continuing education activity an amount not exceeding fifteen dollars for each activity.
(D) The board may contract for services pertaining to the process of providing written verification of a nursing license, certificate of authority, dialysis technician certificate, or community health worker certificate when the verification is performed for purposes other than providing verification to another jurisdiction. The contract may include provisions pertaining to the collection of the fee charged for providing the written verification. As part of these provisions, the board may permit the contractor to retain a portion of the fees as compensation, before any amounts are deposited into the state treasury.
Effective Date: 06-26-2003