The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions shall be according to the following schedule:
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for licensure by examination by applicants who have successfully completed a prescribed course of study in a California-approved vocational nursing program shall be two hundred twenty dollars ($220) unless a higher fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), is established by the board.
(b) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for licensure by examination by applicants who are qualified to take the examination by methods other than as specified in subdivision (a) shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) unless a higher fee, not to exceed three hundred thirty dollars ($330), is established by the board.
(c) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for licensure by endorsement shall be two hundred twenty dollars ($220) unless a higher fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), is established by the board.
(d) The fee to be paid for taking each examination for licensure shall be the actual cost to purchase the examination from a vendor approved by the board.
(e) The fee to be paid for any examination for licensure after the first shall be two hundred twenty dollars ($220) unless a higher fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), is established by the board.
(f) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal shall be two hundred twenty dollars ($220) unless a higher fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), is established by the board. In addition, an assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be collected and credited to the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section 2895.5.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be one hundred ten dollars ($110) unless a higher fee, not to exceed 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and in no case no more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150), is established by the board.
(h) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is filed.
(i) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be twenty dollars ($20) unless a higher fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50), is established by the board.
(j) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license or wall certificate shall be in an amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(k) The fee to be paid for verification of licensure papers to other states shall be one hundred dollars ($100) unless a higher fee, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150), is established by the board.
(l) The fee to be paid for postlicensure certification in intravenous therapy, blood withdrawal, or intravenous therapy with blood withdrawal shall be twenty dollars ($20) unless a higher fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50), is established by the board.
No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 571, Sec. 16. (SB 1480) Effective January 1, 2019.)