SECTIONS 2980-2989 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 2980-2989

2980. There is in the State Treasury the Psychology Fund. The board
shall report to the Controller at the beginning of each calendar
month, for the month preceding, the amount and source of all revenue
received by it, pursuant to this chapter, and shall pay the entire
amount thereof to the Treasurer for deposit into that fund. All
revenue received by the board from fees authorized to be charged
relating to the practice of psychology shall be deposited into that
fund as provided in this section.

2981. The money in the Psychology Fund shall be used for the
administration of this chapter.

2982. All licenses expire and become invalid at 12 midnight on the
last day of February, 1980, and thereafter shall expire at 12
midnight of the legal birth date of the licensee during the second
year of a two-year term, if not renewed.
The board shall establish by regulation procedures for the
administration of the birth date renewal program, including but not
limited to, the establishment of a pro rata formula for the payments
of fees by licentiates affected by the implementation of that program
and the establishment of a system of staggered license application
dates such that a relatively equal number of licenses expire
annually.
To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, on or before
the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a
form provided by the board, accompanied by the prescribed renewal
fee.

2983. Every person to whom a license is issued shall, as a
condition precedent to its issuance, and in addition to any
application, examination or other fee, pay the prescribed initial
license fee.

2984. Except as provided in Section 2985, a license that has
expired 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 prescribed
delinquency fee, if any. Renewal under this section shall be
effective on the date on which the application is filed, on the date
on which all renewal fees are 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 expiration
date provided in Section 2982 which next occurs after the effective
date of the renewal, when it shall expire and become invalid if it is
not again renewed.

2985. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended, and until
it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other
activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which
the license was suspended.
A license revoked on disciplinary grounds is subject to expiration
as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is
reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition to
reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to
the renewal fee in effect on the last preceding regular renewal date
before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee,
if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.

2986. A person who fails to renew his or her license within the
three years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be
restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but that person may
apply for and obtain a new license if he or she meets the
requirements of this chapter provided that he or she:
(a) Has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure.
(b) Establishes to the satisfaction of the board that with due
regard for the public interest, he or she is qualified to practice
psychology.
(c) Pays all of the fees that would be required if application for
licensure was being made for the first time.
The board may provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part
of an examination fee in those cases in which a license is issued
without examination pursuant to this section.

2987. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
determined by the board, and shall be as follows:
(a) The application fee for a psychologist shall not be more than
fifty dollars ($50).
(b) The examination and reexamination fees for the examinations
shall be the actual cost to the board of developing, purchasing, and
grading of each examination, plus the actual cost to the board of
administering each examination.
(c) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the renewal fee
in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which
the license is issued.
(d) The biennial renewal fee for a psychologist shall be four
hundred dollars ($400). The board may increase the renewal fee to an
amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
(e) The application fee for registration and supervision of a
psychological assistant by a supervisor under Section 2913, which is
payable by that supervisor, shall not be more than seventy-five
dollars ($75).
(f) The annual renewal fee for registration of a psychological
assistant shall not be more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(g) The duplicate license or registration fee is five dollars
($5).
(h) The delinquency fee is twenty-five dollars ($25).
(i) The endorsement fee is five dollars ($5).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may reduce
any fee prescribed by this section, when, in its discretion, the
board deems it administratively appropriate.

2987.2. In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 2987
for the biennial renewal of a license, the board shall collect an
additional fee of ten dollars ($10) at the time of renewal. The board
shall transfer this amount to the Controller who shall deposit the
funds in the Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund.

2987.3. The following fees apply to fictitious-name permits issued
under Section 2930.5.
(a) The initial permit fee is an amount equal to the renewal fee
in effect at the beginning of the current renewal cycle. If the
permit will expire less than one year after its issuance, then the
initial permit fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the fee in
effect at the beginning of the current renewal cycle.
(b) The biennial renewal fee shall be fixed by the committee at an
amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50). The amount of this fee
shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing a fictitious-name permit.
(c) The deliquency fee is twenty dollars ($20).

2987.5. Every person licensed under this chapter is exempt from the
payment of the renewal fee in any one of the following instances:
While engaged in full-time active service in the Army, Navy, Air
Force or Marines, or in the United States Public Health Service, or
while a volunteer in the Peace Corps or Vista.
Every person exempted from the payment of the renewal fee by this
section shall not engage in any private practice and shall become
liable for the fee for the current renewal period upon the completion
of his or her period of full-time active service and shall have a
period of 60 days after becoming liable within which to pay the fee
before the delinquency fee becomes applicable. Any person who
completes his or her period of full-time active service within 60
days of the end of a renewal period is exempt from the payment of the
renewal fee for that period.
The time spent in that full-time active service or full-time
training and active service shall not be included in the computation
of the three-year period for renewal of a license provided in Section
2986.
The exemption provided by this section shall not be applicable if
the person engages in any practice for compensation other than
full-time service in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines or in the
United States Public Health Service or the Peace Corps or Vista.

2988. A licensed psychologist who for reasons, including, but not
limited to, retirement, ill health, or absence from the state, is not
engaged in the practice of psychology, may apply to the board to
request that his or her license be placed on an inactive status. A
licensed psychologist who holds an inactive license shall pay a
biennial renewal fee, fixed by the board, of no more than forty
dollars ($40). A psychologist holding an inactive license shall be
exempt from continuing education requirements specified in Section
2915, but shall otherwise be subject to this chapter and shall not
engage in the practice of psychology in this state. Licensees on
inactive status who have not committed any acts or crimes
constituting grounds for denial of licensure and have completed the
continuing education requirements specified in Section 2915 may, upon
their request have their license to practice psychology placed on
active status.

2989. The fees in this article shall be fixed by the board and
shall be set forth with the regulations which are duly adopted under
this chapter.