The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be fixed according to the following schedule with the minimum amount specified being the amount fixed on January 1, 1988.

(a) The application fee for a funeral director’s license shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200).

(b) The application fee for change of location of a funeral establishment’s license shall be not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(c) The application fee for permission to assign a funeral establishment’s license shall be not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300).

(d) The license renewal fee payable by a licensed funeral director shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200). The fee for a delinquent renewal of a funeral director’s license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee.

(e) The application fee for an embalmer’s license and the examination on the state’s laws required under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7646 for the license shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(f) The renewal fee payable by a licensed embalmer shall be not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The fee for a delinquent renewal of an embalmer’s license shall be 150 percent of the timely renewal fee.

(g) The application fee for a certificate of registration as an apprentice embalmer shall be not less than thirty dollars ($30) and not more than sixty dollars ($60).

(h) The fee for an application by a funeral establishment for approval to train apprentice embalmers and for renewal of that approval shall be not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(i) The application fee for a funeral director’s examination shall be not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(j) The fee for a timely filing of an individual report or a combined report on preneed trust funds shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200). The fee for a late filing of any report on preneed trust funds shall be 150 percent of the applicable timely fee.

(k) The application fee for permission to change the name appearing on a funeral establishment’s license shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200), and for permission to change the name on any other license or certificate, not less than twenty dollars ($20) and not more than forty dollars ($40).

(l) The application fee for a duplicate funeral director’s license, a duplicate funeral establishment’s license, a duplicate embalmer’s license, or a duplicate certificate of registration as an apprentice embalmer, shall be not less than twenty dollars ($20) and not more than forty dollars ($40).

(m) The fee for filing a report of a change of corporate officers, managers, or preneed trust fund trustees shall be not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and not more than fifty dollars ($50).

(n) The application fee for a funeral establishment license shall be not less than three hundred dollars ($300) and not more than four hundred dollars ($400).

(o) The license renewal fee for a licensed funeral establishment shall be not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than four hundred dollars ($400).

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 94. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)