BILL NUMBER: AB 2484	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 2895 and 4548 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2484, as introduced, Carter. Vocational nurses: psychiatric
technicians: fees.
   The Vocational Nursing Practice Act and the Psychiatric
Technicians Law provide for the licensure and regulation of licensed
vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California. Existing law requires the board to set various fees
within specified maximum and minimum amounts, including a biennial
licensure renewal fee and a delinquency fee for failure to pay that
renewal fee. Existing law requires the deposit of those fees in the
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund.
   This bill would increase the maximum amount of the biennial
licensure renewal fee and the delinquency fee set by the board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2895 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2895.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in
connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions is that
fixed by the following schedule:
   (a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be
in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the
actual cost to purchase the examination from a vendor approved by the
board.
   (c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall
be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an
application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no
more than  one   two  hundred 
fifty  dollars  ($150)   ($200)  .
In addition, an assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be collected
and credited to the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to
Section 2895.5.
   (e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure
to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be
in an amount not less than fifty dollars ($50) and may be fixed by
the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and
in no case more than  seventy-five   one hundred
 dollars  ($75)   ($100)  .
   (f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial
renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is
filed.
   (g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount
not less than forty dollars ($40) and may be fixed by the board at
an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an
amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and may be fixed by
the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other
states shall be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)
and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred
dollars ($100).
   No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal
thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4548 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4548.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in
connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions shall
be according to the following schedule:
   (a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be
in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100), and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (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.
   (c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall
be in an amount of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), and may
be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
   (d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an
application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than two
hundred dollars ($200), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no
more than three hundred  fifty  dollars  ($300)
  ($350)  .
   (e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure
to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be
in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and may be
fixed by the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal
fee and in no case more than one hundred  fifty 
 seventy-five  dollars  ($150)   ($175)
 .
   (f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial
renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is
filed.
   (g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount
no less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the board at
an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an
amount not less than twenty dollars ($20) and may be fixed by the
board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
   (i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other
states shall be in an amount not less than twenty dollars ($20) and
may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars
($50).
   (j) The fee to be paid for postlicensure certification in blood
withdrawal shall be in an amount not less than twenty dollars ($20)
and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars
($50).
   (k) The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an application
for renewal for a provider of an approved continuing education course
or a course to meet the certification requirements for blood
withdrawal shall be in an amount not less than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150), and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more
than two hundred dollars ($200).