2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health
Section 23-1-54 - Fees payable to the department of health.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-1-54 (2017)

§ 23-1-54. Fees payable to the department of health.

Fees payable to the department shall be as follows:

PROFESSION RIGL Section Description of Fee FEE
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application $25.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application:
Manicuring Instructors and manicurists $25.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Minimum late renewal fee $25.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Maximum late renewal fee $100.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee $25.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee: manicuring
Instructors and manicurists $25.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-13 Demonstrator's permit $90.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: initial $170.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: renewal $170.00
Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15(b) Initial: per licensed chair/station $50.00
Veterinarians 5-25-10 Application fee $40.00
Veterinarians 5-25-11 Examination fee $540.00
Veterinarians 5-25-12(a) Renewal fee $580.00
Veterinarians 5-25-12[c] Late renewal fee $120.00
Podiatrists 5-29-7 Application fee $240.00
Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: minimum $240.00
Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: maximum $540.00
Podiatrists 5-29-13 Limited registration $65.00
Podiatrists 5-29-14 Limited registration:
Academic faculty $240.00
Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:
Renewal minimum $240.00
Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:
Renewal maximum $440.00
Chiropractors 5-30-6 Examination fee: $210.00
Chiropractors 5-30-7 Examination exemption fee: $210.00
Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam Physiotherapy $210.00
Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam chiro and physiotherapy $210.00
Chiropractors 5-30-12 Renewal fee $210.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dentist: application fee $965.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dental hygienist: application fee $65.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: dentist $965.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: hygienist $65.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee dentist $90.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee hygienist $90.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: dentist $220.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: hygienist $40.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-22 Limited registration $65.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:
Academic faculty $965.00
Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:
Academic faculty renewal $500.00
Electrolysis 5-32-3 Application fee $25.00
Electrolysis 5-32-6(b) Renewal fee $25.00
Electrolysis 5-32-7 Reciprocal license fee $25.00
Electrolysis 5-32-17 Teaching license $25.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral establishment license $120.00
Funeral services establishments
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director $90.00
funeral services establishments embalmer $30.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral branch ofc license $90.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-13.1 Crematories: application fee $120.00
Funeral services establishments
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director
Funeral Svcs establishments establishment $120.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Additional branch office
Funeral services Establishments licenses $120.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Crematory renewal fee
Funeral svcs establishments $120.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Late renewal fee
Funeral svcs establishments (All license types) $25.00
Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-16(a) Intern registration fee
Funeral Services establishments $25.00
Nurses 5-34-12 RN Application fee $135.00
Nurses 5-34-16 LPN Application fee $45.00
Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: RN $135.00
Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: LPN $45.00
Nurses 5-34-37 RNP application fee $80.00
Nurses 5-34-37 RNP renewal fee $80.00
Nurses 5-34-37 RNP prescriptive privileges $65.00
Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec application $80.00
Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec renewal $80.00
Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec Rx privilege $65.00
Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(a) CRNA application fee $80.00
Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(b) CRNA renewal fee $80.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-4 Application fee $280.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Renewal fee $280.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Late fee $90.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Reactivation of license fee $65.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-19(b) Violations of section $650.00
Optometrists 5-35.1-20 Violations of chapter $260.00
Opticians 5-35.2-3 Application fee $30.00
Physicians 5-37-2 Application fee $1,090.00
Physicians 5-37-2 Re-examination fee $1,090.00
Physicians 5-37-10(b) Late renewal fee $170.00
Physicians 5-37-16 Limited registration fee $65.00
Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic faculty $600.00
Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic
Faculty renewal $170.00
Acupuncture 5-37.2-10 Application fee $310.00
Acupuncture 5-37.2-13(4) Acupuncture assistant $310.00
Licensure fee $170.00
Social workers 5-39.1-9 Application fee $70.00
Social workers 5-39.1-9 Renewal fee $70.00
Physical therapists 5-40-8 Application fee $155.00
Physical therapists 5-40-8.1 Application: physical therapy assistants $50.00
Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee:
Physical therapists $155.00
Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee: Physical therapy
assistants $50.00
Physical therapists 5-40-10[c] Late renewals $50.00
Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(2) Renewal fee $140.00
Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(5) Late renewal fee $50.00
Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(b) Reactivation fee $140.00
Occupational therapists 5-40.1-13 Application fee $140.00
Psychologists 5-44-12 Application fee $230.00
Psychologists 5-44-13 Temporary permit $120.00
Psychologists 5-44-15[c] Renewal fee $230.00
Psychologists 5-44-15(e) Late renewal fee $50.00

Nursing home administrators 5-45-10 Renewal fee $160.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-1(14) Speech lang support personnel:
late filing $90.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee: Audiologist $65.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee:
speech Pathologist $145.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Audiologist $65.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Speech
Pathologist $145.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Provisional license: renewal fee $65.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(b) Late renewal fee $50.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00
Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00
speech pathologists $145.00
personnel: late filing $65.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-6(a) License endorsement
Examination fee $25.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(b) Temporary permit fee $25.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(d) Temporary permit renewal fee $35.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(1) License fee $25.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(b) License renewal fee $25.00
Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11[c] License renewal late fee $25.00
Physician assistants 5-54-9(4) Application fee $110.00
Physician assistants 5-54-11(b) Renewal fee $110.00
Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-5 Application fee $120.00
Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-12 Renewal fee $120.00
Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Application fee $60.00
Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Renewal fee $60.00
Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Late renewal fee $25.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: marriage
Marriage and family therapists Family therapist $130.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: mental
Marriage and family therapists Health counselors $70.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:
Marriage and family therapists Marriage/family therapist $130.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:
Marriage and family therapists Mental health counselors $ 70.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee: marriage
Marriage and Family therapists Family therapist $130.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee:
Marriage and Family therapist Mental health counselor $50.00
Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(b) Late renewal fee
Marriage and Family therapist Marriage and family therapist $90.00
Dieticians/nutritionists 5-64-6(b) Application fee $75.00
Dieticians/nutritionists 5-64-7 Graduate status:
Application fee: $75.00
Dieticians/nutritionists 5-64-8 Renewal fee $75.00
Dieticians/nutritionists 5-64-8 Reinstatement fee $75.00
Radiologic technologists 5-68.1-10 Application fee maximum $190.00
Licensed chemical dependency professionals 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00
Licensed chemical dependency professionals 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00
Licensed chemical 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00
Licensed chemical 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00
dependency clinical supervisor
Licensed chemical 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00
dependency clinical supervisor
Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(3) License fee maximum $25.00
Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(3) License renewal fee $25.00
Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(1) In-state milk processor $160.00
Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(2) Out-of-state milk processor $160.00
Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(3) Milk distributors $160.00
Frozen desserts 21-9-3(1) In-state wholesale $550.00
Frozen desserts 21-9-3(2) Out-of-state wholesale $160.00
Frozen desserts 21-9-3(3) Retail frozen dess processors $160.00
Meats 21-11-4 Wholesale $160.00
Meats 21-11-4 Retail $40.00
Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee:
Shipper/reshipper $320.00
Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee:
Shucker packer/repacker $390.00

Non-alcoholic bottled 21-23-2 Bottler permit
Beverages, Drinks & juices $550.00
Non-alcoholic bottled 21-23-2 Bottle apple cider fee
beverages, drinks and juices $60.00
Farm home food manufacturers 21-27-6.1(4) Registration fee $65.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(1) Food processors wholesale $500.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(2) Food processors retail $120.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments
> 50 seats $160.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments
> 50 seats $240.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Mobile food service units $100.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Industrial caterer or food vending
Machine commissary $280.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Cultural heritage educational
Facility $ 80.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location
> 3 units $50.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine
Location 4-10 units $100.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location = 11 units
$120.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Mkt
1-2 cash registers $120.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market
3-5 cash registers $240.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market = 6
Cash registers $510.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(6) Retail food peddler $100.00
Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(7) Food warehouses $190.00
Food businesses 21-27-11.2 Certified food safety mgr $50.00
License verification fee 23-1-16.1 All license types $50.00
Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee:
Person $90.00
Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee:
establishment $90.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Certificate of birth, fetal death,
Death, marriage, birth, or
Certification that such record
Cannot be found $20.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Each duplicate of certificate
of birth, fetal death, death, marriage,
Birth, or certification that such record
cannot be found $15.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(2) Each additional calendar year
Search, if within 3 months of
original search and if receipt of original
search presented $2.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(3) Expedited service $7.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(4) Adoptions, legitimations, or
Paternity determinations $15.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(5) Authorized corrections,
Alterations, and additions $10.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Filing of delayed record and
Examination of documentary
Proof $20.00
Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Issuance of certified copy
of a delayed record $20.00
Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Autopsy reports $40.00
Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Cremation certificates
and statistics $30.00
Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:
Minimum/day $650.00
Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:
Maximum/day $3,250.00
Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: ambulance
Service maximum $540.00
Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: vehicle license
maximum $275.00
Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Triennial fee: EMT license
maximum $120.00
Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(2) Exam fee maximum: EMT $120.00
Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(2) Vehicle inspection
Maximum $190.00

Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Clinical laboratory license
per specialty $650.00
Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Laboratory station license $650.00
Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(b) Permit fee $70.00
Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: base fee annual $16,900.00
Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: annual per bed fee $120.00
Health care facilities 23-17-38 ESRD: annual fee $3,900.00
Health care facilities 23-17-38 Home nursing-care/home
care providers $650.00
Health care facilities 23-17-38 OACF: annual fee $650.00
Assisted living residences/ 23-17.4-15.2(d) License application fee: $220.00
administrators
Assisted living residences/ 23-17.4-15.2(d) License renewal fee: $220.00
administrators
Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility fee: base $330.00
Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility per bed $70.00
Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-3 Application: competency
evaluation training
program maximum $325.00
Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Application fee $35.00
Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Exam fee: skills proficiency $170.00
Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-6 Registration fee $35.00
Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-7 Renewal fee $35.00
Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(a) Registration fee $25.00
Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(b) Registration renewal $25.00
Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist appl fee $65.00
Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist renewal fee $65.00
Recreational facilities 23-21-2 Application fee $160.00
Swimming pools 23-22-6 Application license:
first pool $250.00
Swimming pools 23-22-6 Additional pool
fee at same location $75.00
Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal application license:
first pool $150.00
Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal additional pool
fee at same location $75.00
Swimming pools 23-22-6 Year-round license
for non-profit $25.00
Swimming pools 23-22-10 Duplicate license $2.00
Swimming pools 23-22-12 Penalty for violations $50.00
Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Application fee $60.00
Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Renewal fee $60.00


History of Section.
(P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 49.)

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