2020 Vermont Statutes
Title 3 - Executive
Chapter 5 - Secretary of State
§ 125. Fees
§ 125. Fees
(a) In addition to the fees otherwise authorized by law, a board or advisor profession may charge the following fees:
(1) Verification of license, $20.00.
(2) An examination fee established by the Secretary, which shall be no greater than the costs associated with examinations.
(3) Reinstatement fees for expired licenses pursuant to section 127 (unauthorized practice) of this title.
(4) Continuing, qualifying, or prelicensing education course approval:
(A) Provider, $100.00.
(B) Individual, $25.00.
[Subdivision (a)(5) effective April 1, 2021.]
(5) A preapplication criminal background determination, $25.00.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the following fees shall apply to all professions regulated by the Director in consultation with advisor appointees under Title 26:
(1) Application for registration, $75.00, except application for:
(A) Private investigator and security services employees, unarmed registrants, $60.00.
(B) Private investigator and security service employees, transitory permits, $60.00.
(C) Private investigator and security service employees, armed registrants, $120.00.
(2) Application for licensure or certification, $100.00, except application for:
(A) Barbering or cosmetology schools and shops, $300.00.
[Subdivision (b)(2)(B) effective June 1, 2023.]
(B) Funeral directors, embalmers, crematory personnel, removal personnel, funeral establishments, crematory establishments, and limited services establishments, $70.00.
(C) Application for real estate appraisers, $275.00.
(D) Temporary real estate appraiser license, $150.00.
(E) Appraisal management company registration, $600.00.
(F) Private investigator or security services agency, $340.00.
(G) Private investigator and security services agency, $400.00.
(H) Private investigator or security services sole proprietor, $250.00.
(I) Private investigator or security services unarmed licensee, $150.00.
(J) Private investigator or security services armed licensee, $200.00.
(K) Private investigator and security services instructor, $120.00.
(3) Optician trainee registration, $50.00.
(4) Biennial renewal, $240.00, except biennial renewal for:
(A) Independent clinical social workers and master's social workers, $150.00.
(B) Occupational therapists and assistants, $150.00.
(C) Physical therapists and assistants, $150.00.
(D) Optician trainees, $100.00.
(E) Barbers, cosmetologists, nail technicians, and estheticians, $130.00.
(F) Schools of barbering or cosmetology, $300.00.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(G) effective June 1, 2023.]
(G) Funeral directors and embalmers, $280.00.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(H) effective June 1, 2023.]
(H) Crematory personnel and removal personnel, $100.00.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(I) effective June 1, 2023.]
(I) Funeral establishments, crematory establishments, and limited services establishments, $640.00.
(J) [Repealed.]
(K) Radiologic therapist, radiologic technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, $150.00.
(L) Certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor, certified apprentice addiction professional, and licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor, $225.00.
(M) Private investigator or security services agency, or both, $300.00.
(N) Private investigator or security services unarmed licensee, $120.00.
(O) Private investigator or security services armed licensee, $180.00.
(P) Private investigator or security services unarmed registrant, $80.00.
(Q) Private investigator or security services armed registrant, $130.00.
(R) Private investigator or security services sole proprietor, $250.00.
(S) Private investigator or security services instructor, $180.00.
(5) Limited temporary license or work permit, $50.00.
(6) Radiologic evaluation, $125.00.
(7) Annual renewal for appraisal management company registration, $300.00.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a board shall not require payment of renewal fees for years during which a license was lapsed.
[Subsection (d) effective April 1, 2021.]
(d) Pursuant to qualifications and procedures determined by the Director, the Office shall, upon request, waive application fees to qualified military members and military spouses. (Added 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 3; 1997, No. 59, § 45, eff. June 30, 1997; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 45; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 21, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 2; 2005, No. 72, § 7; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. 38, § 1, eff. May 28, 2015; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018; 2019, No. 70, § 13; 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 1, 2021; 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.)
