2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 37:3562 — Fees

§3562.  Fees

A.  The board shall assess and collect fees as provided in this Section, including the following fees:

(1)

Application fee

$  75.00

(2)

Original massage therapist license fee

$125.00

(3)

Annual license renewal fee

$125.00

(4)

Annual license renewal (late fee)

$100.00

(5)

Original certificate of registration as a

massage establishment fee

$100.00

(6)

Annual certificate of registration as a

massage establishment renewal fee

$100.00

(7)

Annual certificate of registration

renewal, late fee

$100.00

(8)

Provisional license fee

$  25.00

(9)

Directory fee

$  50.00

(10)

Duplicate license

$  25.00

(11)

Returned check fee

$  25.00

(12)

Copy fee, per page, plus postage and handling

$      .25

(13)

Copies of statutes, rules, and regulations

$  15.00

(14)

Continuing education provider biennial fee

$100.00

(15)

Continuing education program approval fee

$  50.00

B.  If the board provides by rule or regulation for certifying massage therapy instructors, the board may set fees as part of such rules or regulations, not to exceed ten dollars for initial certification, ten dollars for annual renewal, fifty dollars for late applications less than thirty days late, and one hundred dollars for late applications thirty days late or more.

C.  The fees established in this Section shall not be refundable except under such conditions as the board may establish.

D.  All monies received by the board under this Chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy and may be deposited into an account maintained by the board without appropriation for costs of administration and other expenses, and any surplus at the end of a fiscal year or a biennium may be retained by the board for future expenditures and the board is not required to pay such surplus into the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

E.  All funds received and expended by the board shall be audited annually in accordance with R.S. 24:513.  The annual audit shall be submitted annually to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Acts 1992, No. 753, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 493, §1, eff. July 3, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 387, §1.