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Code · California · Business and Professions Code

§ 2815

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Subject to the provisions of Section 128.5, the amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of licenses for registered nurses under its provisions is that fixed by the following schedule:
(1)The fee to be paid upon the filing by a graduate of an approved school of nursing in this state of an application for a licensure by examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2)The fee to be paid upon the filing by a graduate of a school of nursing in another state, district, or territory of the United States of an application for a licensure by examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(3)The fee to be paid upon the filing by a graduate of a school of nursing in another country of an application for a licensure by examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(4)The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for licensure by a repeat examination shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b)The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the actual cost to purchase an examination from a vendor approved by the board.
(1)The fee to be paid for application by a person who is licensed or registered as a nurse in another state, district, or territory of the United States for licensure by endorsement shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2)The fee to be paid for application by a person who is licensed or registered as a nurse in another country for licensure by endorsement shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(1)The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal of the license shall be not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). In addition, an assessment of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected and credited to the Registered Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section 2815.1.
(2)The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for reinstatement pursuant to subdivision
(b)of Section 2811 shall be not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(e)The penalty fee for failure to renew a license within the prescribed time shall be fixed by the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee, but not more than three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375).
(f)The fee to be paid for approval of a continuing education provider shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(g)The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal of provider approval shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(h)The penalty fee for failure to renew provider approval within the prescribed time shall be fixed at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee, but not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(i)The penalty for submitting insufficient funds or fictitious check, draft or order on any bank or depository for payment of any fee to the board shall be fixed at not more than thirty dollars ($30).
(j)The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be fixed by the board at not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(k)The fee to be paid for a temporary license shall be fixed by the board at not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
( l ) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other states shall be fixed by the board at not more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(m)The fee to be paid for a certified copy of a school transcript shall be fixed by the board at not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(1)The fee to be paid for a duplicate pocket license shall be fixed by the board at not more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(2)The fee to be paid for a duplicate wall certificate shall be fixed by the board at not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(1)The fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation of their qualifications to use the title “nurse practitioner” shall be fixed by the board at not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(2)The fee to be paid by a registered nurse for a temporary certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner shall be fixed by the board at not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(3)The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for renewal of a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner shall be not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(4)The penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner within the prescribed time shall be not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(p)The fee to be paid by a registered nurse for listing as a “psychiatric mental health nurse” shall be fixed by the board at not than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
(q)The fee to be paid for duplicate National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination results shall be not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(r)The fee to be paid for a letter certifying a license shall be not more than thirty dollars ($30).
(s)The fee to be paid for a certificate issued pursuant to Section 2837.103 shall be an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of issuing the certificate.
(t)The fee to be paid for a certificate issued pursuant to Section 2837.104 shall be an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of issuing the certificate.
No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
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