§ 1183 - Right to renewal - Vermont Statutes

§ 1183. Right to renewal

(a) Specialty certificates shall be renewed every two years without examination and on payment of the required fees. However, by rule the board may establish a continuing education requirement. If the board establishes a continuing education requirement, and a licensee fails to demonstrate compliance with that requirement, it may deny or condition renewal, after opportunity for hearing.

(b) Following expiration of a specialty certificate, it may be reinstated upon payment of a renewal fee and a late renewal penalty. A licensee shall not be required to pay renewal fees during periods when the license was expired.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if a specialty certificate remains expired for a period of five years, the board shall send notice under this section to the former licensee at his last known address. Thirty days after the notice is sent, the right to renew the certificate without examination is suspended. After the right to renew is suspended, it may be reinstated only by decision of the board acting on petition of the former licensee. During that proceeding, the board may impose reasonable requirements, including reexamination, and may require completion of a practical or academic reentry program. The board may also require payment of a renewal fee, a late renewal penalty and a license reinstatement fee. (Added 1983, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)