Bill Text: NC S642 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Raise Fee Ceilings/Psychology Practice Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-30 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S642 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S642-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE BILL 642

 

 

Short Title:        Raise Fee Ceilings/Psychology Practice Act.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Barringer (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 30, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT raising the ceiling for fees under the psychology practice act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑270.18(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Fees for activities specified by this Article are as follows:

(1)        Application fees for licensed psychologists and licensed psychological associates per G.S. 90‑270.11(a) and (b)(1), or G.S. 90‑270.13, shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).

(2)        Fees for the national written examination shall be the cost of the examination as set by the vendor plus an additional fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). The Board may require applicants to pay the fee directly to the vendor.

(3)        Fees for additional examinations shall be as prescribed by the Board.

(4)        Fees for the renewal of licenses, per G.S. 90‑270.14(a)(1), shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00)four hundred dollars ($400.00) per biennium. This fee may not be prorated.

(5)        Late fees for license renewal, per G.S. 90‑270.14(a)(1), shall be twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).not exceed seventy‑five dollars ($75.00).

(6)        Fees for the reinstatement of a license, per G.S. 90‑270.15(f), shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).two hundred dollars ($200.00).

(7)        Fees for a duplicate license, per G.S. 90‑270.14(b), shall be twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).not exceed seventy‑five dollars ($75.00).

(8)        Fees for a temporary license, per G.S. 90‑270.5(f) and 90‑270.5(g), shall be thirty‑five dollars ($35.00).not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).

(9)        Application fees for a health services provider certificate, per G.S. 90‑270.20, shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).one hundred dollars ($100.00)."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to licenses and certificates issued on or after that date.