§2354. Fees

A. All monies received by the board pursuant to this Chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and may be expended by the board without appropriation for costs of administration and other expenses, and any surplus at the end of a fiscal year or a biennium may be retained by the board for future expenditures and the board is not required to pay any such surplus into the general fund of the state of Louisiana.

B.(1) The board shall charge an application fee to all applicants for licensure. The board may also charge a written examination fee and an oral examination fee. The board shall establish a reasonable fee schedule in conformity with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.

(2) The board shall charge to any person who applies for a provisional license an application fee in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

(3) The board shall charge an application fee to any person applying for licensure as a specialist in school psychology that shall not exceed two hundred dollars. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

C.(1) Every licensed psychologist in this state shall annually pay to the board during the month of July of each year, beginning in the year immediately subsequent to his initial license, a renewal fee to be determined annually by the board. The license of any psychologist who shall fail to have his license renewed during the month of July in each and every year shall lapse; the failure to renew the license, however, shall not deprive said psychologist of the right of renewal thereafter. Such lapsed license may be renewed, within a period of two years after such lapse, upon payment of a reinstatement fee equal to the current application fee and the current renewal fee.

(2)(a) Every provisional licensed psychologist shall annually pay to the board during the month of July of each year, beginning in the year immediately subsequent to his initial provisional license, a renewal fee in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars. The provisional license of any psychologist who shall fail to have his provisional license renewed during the month of July shall lapse. Except as provided in R.S. 37:2356.2(C), a provisional license shall not be reinstated.

(b) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

(3)(a) Every licensed specialist in school psychology in this state shall annually pay to the board during the month of July of each year, beginning in the year immediately subsequent to his initial license, a renewal fee that shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

(b) Failure to renew the license as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall cause the license to lapse. For a period of two years from the date of lapse of the license, such license may be renewed upon payment of a reinstatement fee that shall not exceed three hundred dollars.

(c) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

D. The board shall annually send a renewal notice to all licensed psychologists, provisional licensed psychologists, and specialists in school psychology.

E.(1) A licensed psychologist who is sixty-five years of age or older may be eligible for a reduction in the annual renewal fee if he makes a satisfactory showing to the board, in a manner to be determined by the board, of all of the following:

(a) He is sixty-five years of age or older.

(b) He has held continuous licensure as a psychologist in the state for at least twenty years.

(c) At the time of application, he is retired from the full-time practice of psychology or any other full-time employment.

(2) The annual renewal fee for a licensed psychologist who is eligible for a fee reduction pursuant to this Subsection shall be one-half of the amount of the current licensure renewal fee.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 347, §4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 329, §2; Acts 1982, No. 817, §2; Acts 1986, No. 633, §1; Acts 1987, No. 915, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 2014, No. 136, §1; Acts 2014, No. 137, §1; Acts 2015, No. 255, §1; Acts 2017, No. 234, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.