Cal. BPC § 2815.5
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 2815.5, 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
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of certificates as nurse-midwives is that fixed by the following schedule:
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(b) The biennial fee to be paid upon the application for a renewal of a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate within the prescribed time shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the date of the renewal of the license, but not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(d) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for the nurse-midwife equivalency examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(e) The fee to be paid for a temporary certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(b) The biennial fee to be paid upon the application for a renewal of a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate within the prescribed time shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the date of the renewal of the license, but not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(d) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for the nurse-midwife equivalency examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(e) The fee to be paid for a temporary certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
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