SECTIONS 3451-3456 - California Statutes

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 A license which has been revoked is subject to expiration,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).