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 less than seventy-five dollars ($75) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(b)
The biennial fee to be paid upon the application for a renewal of a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(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 less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50).
(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 less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).