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LC003470

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

     

     Introduced By: Representative Jason Knight

     Date Introduced: January 06, 2022

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 5-10-8 and 5-10-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled

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"Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians" are hereby amended to read

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as follows:

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     5-10-8. Issuance of licenses -- Qualifications of applicants.

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     (a) The division shall issue licenses to persons engaged in, or desiring to engage in, the

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practice of barbering, hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics and for

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instructing in any approved school of barbering or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and

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manicuring or esthetics; provided, that no license shall be issued to any person under this chapter

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unless the applicant for the license:

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     (1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

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     (2) Is a citizen of the United States of America or has legal entry into the country;

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     (3) Is of good moral character;

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     (4) Is a high school graduate or holds the equivalent or has twenty-five (25) or more years

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of prior experience in the practice for which the license is sought;

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     (5) Has satisfactorily completed the course of instruction in an approved school of

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barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy and/or manicuring or esthetics;

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     (6) Has satisfactorily passed a written and a practical examination approved by the division

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to determine the fitness of the applicant to receive a license; and

 

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     (7) Has complied with § 5-10-10 and any other qualifications that the division prescribes

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by regulation.

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     (b) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (a)(4), on and after July 1, 1997, an

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applicant seeking licensure as a barber must be a high school graduate or hold the equivalent

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combination of education and experience.

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     (c) The division may license, on a case-by-case basis, with or without examination, any

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individual who has been licensed as an esthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist, or

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manicurist under the laws of another state, which, in the opinion of the division, maintains a

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standard substantially equivalent to that of the state of Rhode Island.

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     5-10-15. Licensing of shops.

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     (a) No shop, place of business, or establishment shall be opened or conducted within the

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state by any person, association, partnership, corporation, or otherwise for the practice of barbering,

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manicuring and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or esthetics until the time that application for

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a license to operate that shop, place of business, or establishment for the practice of manicuring

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and/or hairdressing and cosmetic therapy or esthetics is made, to the division, in the manner and

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on the forms that it prescribes, and a license, under the terms and conditions, not contrary to law,

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that the division requires, shall be granted for it and a license issued.

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     (1) No licenses shall be granted to any shop, place of business, or establishment for the

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practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy unless the proprietor or a supervising manager in the

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practice of barbering, hairdressing and cosmetic therapy, of the shop, place of business, or

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establishment is licensed and has been licensed as a licensed barber or hairdresser and cosmetician

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for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the application for the license.

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     (2) No license shall be granted to any shop, place of business, or establishment for the

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practice of manicuring or esthetics unless the proprietor or a supervising manager of the proprietor

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is licensed and has been licensed as a licensed barber, hairdresser and cosmetician, manicurist or

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esthetician for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the application for the

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license.

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     (3) The supervising manager shall be registered with the division as the manager of a

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licensed shop and shall only be registered to manage one shop at a time. The proprietor of the

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licensed shop and the manager shall notify the division, in writing, within ten (10) days upon the

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termination of employment as the manager of the licensed shop. The license of the shop shall expire

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forty-five (45) days after the division is notified by the proprietor if no new manager is registered

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with the division as the supervising manager of the shop.

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     (b) All licenses issued under this section shall terminate on the first day of July following

 

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the date of issue. The fee for the license is as set forth in § 23-1-54.

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     SECTION 2. Section 23-1-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-1 entitled "Department

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of Health" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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     Fees payable to the department shall be as follows:

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PROFESSION RIGL Section Description of Fee FEE

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application $25.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application:

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Manicuring Instructors and manicurists $25.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Minimum late renewal fee $25.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Maximum late renewal fee $100.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee $25.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee: manicuring

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Instructors and manicurists $25.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-13 Demonstrator's permit $90.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: initial $170.00

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Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: renewal $170.00

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Veterinarians 5-25-10 Application fee $40.00

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Veterinarians 5-25-11 Examination fee $540.00

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Veterinarians 5-25-12(a) Renewal fee $580.00

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Veterinarians 5-25-12[c] Late renewal fee $120.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-7 Application fee $240.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: minimum $240.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: maximum $540.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-13 Limited registration $65.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-14 Limited registration:

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Academic faculty $240.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:

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Renewal minimum $240.00

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Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:

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Renewal maximum $440.00

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Chiropractors 5-30-6 Examination fee: $210.00

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Chiropractors 5-30-7 Examination exemption fee: $210.00

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Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam Physiotherapy $210.00

 

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Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam chiro and physiotherapy $210.00

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Chiropractors 5-30-12 Renewal fee $210.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dentist: application fee $965.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dental hygienist: application fee $65.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: dentist $965.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: hygienist $65.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee dentist $90.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee hygienist $90.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: dentist $220.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: hygienist $40.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-22 Limited registration $65.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:

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Academic faculty $965.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:

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Academic faculty renewal $500.00

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Electrolysis 5-32-3 Application fee $25.00

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Electrolysis 5-32-6(b) Renewal fee $25.00

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Electrolysis 5-32-7 Reciprocal license fee $25.00

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Electrolysis 5-32-17 Teaching license $25.00

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral establishment license $120.00

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Funeral services establishments

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director $90.00

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Funeral services establishments embalmer $30.00

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral branch ofc license $90.00

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-13.1 Crematories: application fee $120.00

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Funeral services establishments

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director $120.00

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Funeral Svcs establishments establishment

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Additional branch office

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Funeral services Establishments licenses $120.00

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Crematory renewal fee

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Funeral svcs establishments $120.00

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Late renewal fee

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Funeral svcs establishments (All license types) $25.00

 

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Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-16(a) Intern registration fee

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Funeral Services establishments $25.00.

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Nurses 5-34-12 RN Application fee $135.00

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Nurses 5-34-16 LPN Application fee $45.00

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Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: RN $135.00

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Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: LPN $45.00

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Nurses 5-34-37 RNP application fee $80.00

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Nurses 5-34-37 RNP renewal fee $80.00

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Nurses 5-34-37 RNP prescriptive privileges $65.00

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Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec application $80.00

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Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec renewal $80.00

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Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec Rx privilege $65.00

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Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(a) CRNA application fee $80.00

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Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(b) CRNA renewal fee $80.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-4 Application fee $280.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Renewal fee $280.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Late fee $90.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Reactivation of license fee $65.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-19(b) Violations of section $650.00

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Optometrists 5-35.1-20 Violations of chapter $260.00

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Opticians 5-35.2-3 Application fee $30.00

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Physicians 5-37-2 Application fee $1,090.00

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Physicians 5-37-2 Re-examination fee $1,090.00

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Physicians 5-37-10(b) Late renewal fee $170.00

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Physicians 5-37-16 Limited registration fee $65.00

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Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic faculty $600.00

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Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic Faculty renewal $170.00

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Acupuncture 5-37.2-10 Application fee $310.00

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Acupuncture 5-37.2-13(4) Acupuncture assistant $310.00

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Licensure fee $170.00

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Social workers 5-39.1-9 Application fee $70.00

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Social workers 5-39.1-9 Renewal fee $70.00

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Physical therapists 5-40-8 Application fee $155.00

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Physical therapists 5-40-8.1 Application: physical therapy

 

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assistants $50.00

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Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee: Physical therapists $155.00

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Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee: Physical therapy

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assistants $50.00

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Physical therapists 5-40-10[c] Late renewals $50.00

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Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(2) Renewal fee $140.00

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Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(5) Late renewal fee $50.00

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Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(b) Reactivation fee $140.00

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Occupational therapists 5-40.1-13 Application fee $140.00

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Psychologists 5-44-12 Application fee $230.00

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Psychologists 5-44-13 Temporary permit $120.00

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Psychologists 5-44-15[c] Renewal fee $230.00

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Psychologists 5-44-15(e) Late renewal fee $50.00

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Nursing home administrators 5-45-10 Renewal fee $160.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-1(14) Speech lang support personnel:

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late filing $90.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee: Audiologist $65.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee:

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Speech Pathologist $145.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Audiologist $65.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Speech Pathologist $145.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Provisional license: renewal fee $65.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(b) Late renewal fee $50.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00

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Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00

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speech pathologists $145.00

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personnel: late filing $65.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-6(a) License endorsement Examination fee $25.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(b) Temporary permit fee $25.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(d) Temporary permit renewal fee $35.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(a)(1) License fee $25.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(b) License renewal fee $25.00

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Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11[c] License renewal late fee $25.00

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Physician assistants 5-54-9(4) Application fee $110.00

 

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Physician assistants 5-54-11(b) Renewal fee $110.00

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Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-5 Application fee $120.00

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Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-12 Renewal fee $120.00

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Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Application fee $60.00

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Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Renewal fee $60.00

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Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Late renewal fee $25.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: Marriage

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Marriage and family therapists Family therapist $130.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: Mental

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Marriage and family therapists Health counselors $70.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:

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Marriage and family therapists Marriage/family therapist $130.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:

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Marriage and family therapists Mental health counselors $70.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee: Marriage

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Marriage and Family therapists Family therapist $130.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee:

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Marriage and Family therapist Mental health counselor $50.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(b) Late renewal fee

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Marriage and Family therapist Marriage and family therapist $90.00

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Dieticians 5-64-6(b) Application fee $75.00

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Dieticians 5-64-7 Graduate status: Application fee: $75.00

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Dieticians 5-64-8 Renewal fee $75.00

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Dieticians 5-64-8 Reinstatement fee $75.00

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Radiologic technologists 5-68.1-10 Application fee maximum $190.00

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Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

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professionals

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Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00

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professionals

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Licensed chemical 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

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Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

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clinical supervisor

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Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00

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clinical supervisor

 

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Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(a)(3) License fee maximum $25.00

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Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(a)(3) License renewal fee $25.00

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Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(1) In-state milk processor $160.00

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Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(2) Out-of-state milk processor $160.00

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Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(3) Milk distributors $160.00

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Frozen desserts 21-9-3(1) In-state wholesale $550.00

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Frozen desserts 21-9-3(2) Out-of-state wholesale $160.00

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Frozen desserts 21-9-3(3) Retail frozen dess processors $160.00

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Meats 21-11-4 Wholesale $160.00

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Meats 21-11-4 Retail $40.00

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Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee: Shipper/reshipper $320.00

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Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee: Shucker packer/repacker $390.00

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Non-alcoholic bottled beverages,

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drinks & juices 21-23-2 Bottler permit $550.00

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Non-alcoholic bottled beverages,

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drinks and juices 21-23-2 Bottle apple cider fee $60.00

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Farm home food manufacturers 21-27-6.1(4) Registration fee $65.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(1) Food processors wholesale $300.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(2) Food processors retail $120.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments

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50 seats or less $160.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments

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more than 50 seats $240.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Mobile food service units $100.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Industrial caterer or food vending

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Machine commissary $280.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Cultural heritage educational Facility $80.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location

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3 units or less $50.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location

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4-10 units $100.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location =

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11 units $120.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Mkt 1-2 cash registers $120.00

 

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market 3-5 cash registers $240.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market = 6 Cash registers $510.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(6) Retail food peddler $100.00

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Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(7) Food warehouses $190.00

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Food businesses 21-27-11.2 Certified food safety mgr $50.00

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License verification fee 23-1-16.1 All license types $50.00

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Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee: Person $90.00

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Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee: establishment $90.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Certificate of birth, fetal death,

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death, marriage, birth, or

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Certification that such record

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Cannot be found $20.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Each duplicate of certificate of

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birth, fetal death, death,

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marriage, birth, or certification

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that such record cannot be found $15.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(2) Each additional calendar year

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Search, if within 3 months of

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original search and if receipt of

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original search presented $2.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(3) Expedited service $7.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(4) Adoptions, legitimations, or

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Paternity determinations $15.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(5) Authorized corrections,

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Alterations, and additions $10.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Filing of delayed record and

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Examination of documentary Proof $20.00

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Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Issuance of certified copy of a

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delayed record $20.00

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Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Autopsy reports $40.00

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Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Cremation certificates and statistics $30.00

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Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:

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Minimum/day $650.00

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Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:

 

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Maximum/day $3,250.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: ambulance

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service maximum $540.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: vehicle license

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maximum $275.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Triennial fee: EMT license

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maximum $120.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(c)(2) Exam fee maximum: EMT $120.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(c)(2) Vehicle inspection maximum $190.00

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Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Clinical laboratory license per

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specialty $650.00

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Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Laboratory station license $650.00

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Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(b) Permit fee $70.00

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Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: base fee annual $16,900.00

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Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: annual per bed fee $120.00

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Health care facilities 23-17-38 ESRD: annual fee $3,900.00

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Health care facilities 23-17-38 Home nursing care/home

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Care providers $650.00

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Health care facilities 23-17-38 OACF: annual fee $650.00

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Assisted living residences/

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administrators 23-17.4-15.2(d) License application fee: $220.00

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Assisted living residences/

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administrators 23-17.4-15.2(d) License renewal fee: $220.00

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Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility fee: base $330.00

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Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility per bed $70.00

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Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-3 Application: competency

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evaluation training program

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maximum $325.00

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Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Application fee $35.00

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Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Exam fee: skills proficiency $170.00

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Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-6 Registration fee $35.00

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Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-7 Renewal fee $35.00

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Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(a) Registration fee $25.00

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Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(b) Registration renewal $25.00

 

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Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist appl fee $65.00

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Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist renewal fee $65.00

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Recreational facilities 23-21-2 Application fee $160.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Application license: first pool $250.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Additional pool fee at same location $75.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal application license:

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first pool $150.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal additional pool fee at

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same location $75.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Year-round license for non-profit $25.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-10 Duplicate license $2.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-12 Penalty for violations $50.00

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Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Application fee $60.00

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Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Renewal fee $60.00

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS,

COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

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     This act would repeal the requirement that a person licensed as a barber, hairdresser,

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cosmetician, manicurist, or esthetician be a citizen of the United States and be of good moral

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character. It would also repeal the requirement that a person so licensed also pay a license fee for

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the barber/hairdresser shop.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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