(a)
The board shall assess the following fees relating to the licensure of clinical social workers:(1)
The application fee for registration as an associate clinical social worker shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).(2)
The fee for renewal of an associate clinical social worker registration shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).(3)
The fee for application for examination eligibility shall be one hundred dollars ($100).(4)
The fee for the clinical examination shall be one hundred dollars ($100). The fee for the California law and ethics examination shall be one hundred dollars ($100).(A)
An applicant who fails to appear for an examination, after having been scheduled to take the examination, shall forfeit the examination fees.(B)
The amount of the examination fees shall be based on the actual cost to the board of developing, purchasing, and grading each examination and the actual cost to the board of administering each examination. The written examination fees shall be adjusted periodically by regulation to reflect the actual costs incurred by the board.(5)
The fee for rescoring an examination shall be twenty dollars ($20).(6)
The fee for issuance of an initial license shall be a maximum of one hundred fifty-five dollars ($155).(7)
The fee for license renewal shall be a maximum of one hundred fifty-five dollars ($155).(8)
The fee for inactive license renewal shall be a maximum of seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents ($77.50).(9)
The renewal delinquency fee shall be a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). A person who permits his or her license to expire is subject to the delinquency fee.(10)
The fee for issuance of a replacement registration, license, or certificate shall be twenty dollars ($20).(11)
The fee for issuance of a certificate or letter of good standing shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).(12)
The fee for issuance of a retired license shall be forty dollars ($40).(b)
With regard to license, examination, and other fees, the board shall establish fee amounts at or below the maximum amounts specified in this chapter.(c)
This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
Source:
Section 4996.3, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4996.3..