2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:2354 — Fees

§2354. Fees

A. All monies received by the board under this Chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and may be expended 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 any such surplus into the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

B. The board shall charge an application fee to all applicants for licensure. The board may also charge a written examination fee and an oral examination fee. A hearing fee may also be charged at the discretion of the board. The board shall establish a reasonable fee schedule in conformity with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.

C. Every licensed psychologist in this state shall annually pay to the board during the month of July of each year, beginning in the year immediately subsequent to his initial license, a renewal fee to be determined annually by the board. The license of any psychologist who shall fail to have his license renewed during the month of July in each and every year shall lapse; the failure to renew said license, however, shall not deprive said psychologist of the right of renewal thereafter. Such lapsed license may be renewed, within a period of two years after such lapse, upon payment of a reinstatement fee equal to the current application fee and the current renewal fee.

D. The board shall annually send a renewal notice to all psychologists licensed by the board.

E.(1) The status of psychologist emeritus is hereby created. To qualify for status as psychologist emeritus, the applicant must annually make a satisfactory showing to the board, in a manner to be determined by the board, that the applicant is sixty-five years old or older, has held continuous licensure as a psychologist in the state for at least twenty years, and at the time of application is retired from the full-time practice of psychology or any other full-time employment.

(2) The annual renewal fee for those qualifying as psychologist emeritus shall be one-half of the amount of the current licensure renewal fee.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 347, §4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 329, §2; Acts 1982, No. 817, §2; Acts 1986, No. 633, §1; Acts 1987, No. 915, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 915, §3.}}