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Cal. BPC § 1006.5

This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 1006.5, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.

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Official statutory text

Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter are, unless a lower fee is adopted by the board by regulation, fixed in the following schedule:

(a) Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic: three hundred forty-five dollars ($345).

(b) Fee for initial license to practice chiropractic: one hundred thirty-seven dollars ($137).

(c) The fee to renew an active or inactive license to practice chiropractic shall be three hundred thirty-six dollars ($336) and may be increased to not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and, if a lower fee is fixed by the board, shall be an amount sufficient to support the functions of the board in the administration of the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter.

(d) Fee to apply for approval as a continuing education provider: two hundred ninety-one dollars ($291).

(e) Biennial continuing education provider renewal fee: one hundred eighteen dollars ($118).

(f) Fee to apply for approval of a continuing education course: one hundred sixteen dollars ($116) per hour of instruction.

(g) Fee to apply for a satellite office certificate: sixty-nine dollars ($69).

(h) Fee to renew a satellite office certificate: fifty dollars ($50).

(i) Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic pursuant to Section 9 of the Chiropractic Initiative Act: two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283).

(j) Fee to apply for a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: one hundred seventy-one dollars ($171).

(k) Fee to renew a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: sixty-two dollars ($62).

(l) Fee to file a chiropractic corporation special report: ninety-eight dollars ($98).

(m) Fee to apply for approval as a referral service: two hundred seventy-nine dollars ($279).

(n) Fee for an endorsed verification of licensure: eighty-three dollars ($83).

(o) Fee for replacement of a lost or destroyed license: seventy-one dollars ($71).

(p) Fee for replacement of a satellite office certificate: seventy-one dollars ($71).

(q) Fee for replacement of a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: seventy dollars ($70).

(r) Fee to restore a forfeited or canceled license to practice chiropractic: double the annual renewal fee specified in subdivision (c).

(s) Fee to apply for approval to serve as a preceptor: seventy-two dollars ($72).

(t) Fee to petition for reinstatement of a revoked license: four thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars ($4,185).

(u) Fee to petition for early termination of probation: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).

(v) Fee to petition for reduction of penalty: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).

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