SECTIONS 4544-4548 - California Statutes

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).