2680. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings under this
chapter, and a register of all persons licensed under it. The
register shall show the name of every living licensee, his or her
last known place of residence, and the date and number of his or her
license as a physical therapist. The board shall compile a list of
physical therapists authorized to practice physical therapy in the
state. Any interested person is entitled to obtain a copy of that
list upon application to the board and payment of such amount as may
be fixed by the board which amount shall not exceed the cost of the
list so furnished.
2681. Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month the
board shall report to the State Controller the amount and source of
all collections made from persons licensed or seeking to be licensed
under this chapter and at the same time pay all such sums into the
State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Physical Therapy
Fund.
2682. There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy Fund. All
collections from persons licensed or approved or seeking to be
licensed or approved shall be paid by the board into the fund after
reporting to the Controller at the beginning of each month the amount
and source of the collections. All money in the Physical Therapy
Fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2683. Except as provided in Section 2684, the provisions of Article
19 (commencing with Section 2420) of Chapter 5 apply to the issuance
and govern the expiration and renewal of licenses issued under this
chapter.
2684. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2422, any license or approval for
the practice of physical therapy shall expire at midnight on the
last day of the birth month of the licensee or holder of the approval
during the second year of a two-year term, if not renewed.
(b) To renew an unexpired license or approval, the licensee or the
holder of the approval shall, on or before the dates on which it
would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the
board, pay the prescribed renewal fee, and submit proof of the
completion of continuing education or competency required by the
board pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 2676). The
licensee or holder of the approval shall disclose on his or her
license renewal application any misdemeanor or other criminal offense
for which he or she has been found guilty or to which he or she has
pleaded guilty or no contest.
(c) A license or approval that has expired may be renewed within
five years upon payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees and
satisfaction of the requirements described in subdivision (b).
2685. At least 60 days before the expiration of any license or
approval, the board shall mail to each licensee under this chapter,
at the latest address furnished by the licensee to the executive
officer, a notice stating the amount of the renewal fee and the date
on which it is due, and that failure to pay it on or before the due
date will result in expiration of the license.
2687. All fees earned by the board and all fines and forfeitures of
bail to which the board is entitled shall be reported at the
beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to the State
Controller. At the same time, the entire amount of these collections
shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the
Physical Therapy Fund.
This fund shall be for the use of the board to pay all salaries
and all other expenses necessarily incurred in carrying into effect
the provisions of this chapter.
2688. The amount of fees assessed in connection with licenses
issued under this chapter is as follows:
(a) (1) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be
seventy-five dollars ($75). The fee for an application submitted
under Section 2653 to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
(2) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be
one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The fee for an application
submitted under Section 2653 to the board on or after March 1, 2009,
shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of an application fee under this subdivision
to an amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the
application process, but in no event shall the application fee amount
exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(b) The examination and reexamination fees for the physical
therapist examination, physical therapist assistant examination, and
the examination to demonstrate knowledge of the California rules and
regulations related to the practice of physical therapy shall be the
actual cost to the board of the development and writing of, or
purchase of the examination, and grading of each written examination,
plus the actual cost of administering each examination. The board,
at its discretion, may require the licensure applicant to pay the fee
for the examinations required by Section 2636 directly to the
organization conducting the examination.
(c) (1) The fee for a physical therapist license issued prior to
March 1, 2009, shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).
(2) The fee for a physical therapist license issued on or after
March 1, 2009, shall be one hundred dollars ($100).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the process to
issue the license, but in no event shall the fee to issue the license
exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(d) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires
prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires on
or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(e) (1) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) for
an application submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009.
(2) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125) for an application submitted to the board on or after March 1,
2009. The fee for an application submitted under Section 2653 to the
board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the application
process, but in no event shall the application fee amount exceed
three hundred dollars ($300).
(f) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license
that expires prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license that
expires on or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(g) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee shall be 50
percent of the renewal fee in effect.
(h) (1) The duplicate wall certificate fee shall be fifty dollars
($50). The duplicate renewal receipt fee amount shall be fifty
dollars ($50).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing duplicates, but in no event
shall that fee exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
(i) (1) The endorsement or letter of good standing fee shall be
sixty dollars ($60).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing an endorsement or letter,
but in no event shall the fee amount exceed one hundred dollars
($100).
2688.5. The board shall submit a report to the fiscal and
appropriate policy committees of the legislature whenever the board
increases any fee. The report shall specify the justification for the
increase and the percentage of the fee increase to be used for
enforcement purposes.
2689. (a) The board may establish by regulation suitable
application and renewal fees of not more than two hundred dollars
($200), for persons certified to perform electromyographical testing
pursuant to Section 2620.5, based upon the cost of operating the
certification program. The application fee shall be paid by the
applicant at the time the application is filed and the renewal fee
shall be paid as provided in Section 2683.
(b) The board shall charge an examination and reexamination fee of
five hundred dollars ($500) to applicants who are examined and who
have been found to otherwise meet the board's standards for
certification.
2680. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings under this
chapter, and a register of all persons licensed under it. The
register shall show the name of every living licensee, his or her
last known place of residence, and the date and number of his or her
license as a physical therapist. The board shall compile a list of
physical therapists authorized to practice physical therapy in the
state. Any interested person is entitled to obtain a copy of that
list upon application to the board and payment of such amount as may
be fixed by the board which amount shall not exceed the cost of the
list so furnished.
2681. Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month the
board shall report to the State Controller the amount and source of
all collections made from persons licensed or seeking to be licensed
under this chapter and at the same time pay all such sums into the
State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Physical Therapy
Fund.
2682. There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy Fund. All
collections from persons licensed or approved or seeking to be
licensed or approved shall be paid by the board into the fund after
reporting to the Controller at the beginning of each month the amount
and source of the collections. All money in the Physical Therapy
Fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2683. Except as provided in Section 2684, the provisions of Article
19 (commencing with Section 2420) of Chapter 5 apply to the issuance
and govern the expiration and renewal of licenses issued under this
chapter.
2684. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2422, any license or approval for
the practice of physical therapy shall expire at midnight on the
last day of the birth month of the licensee or holder of the approval
during the second year of a two-year term, if not renewed.
(b) To renew an unexpired license or approval, the licensee or the
holder of the approval shall, on or before the dates on which it
would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the
board, pay the prescribed renewal fee, and submit proof of the
completion of continuing education or competency required by the
board pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 2676). The
licensee or holder of the approval shall disclose on his or her
license renewal application any misdemeanor or other criminal offense
for which he or she has been found guilty or to which he or she has
pleaded guilty or no contest.
(c) A license or approval that has expired may be renewed within
five years upon payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees and
satisfaction of the requirements described in subdivision (b).
2685. At least 60 days before the expiration of any license or
approval, the board shall mail to each licensee under this chapter,
at the latest address furnished by the licensee to the executive
officer, a notice stating the amount of the renewal fee and the date
on which it is due, and that failure to pay it on or before the due
date will result in expiration of the license.
2687. All fees earned by the board and all fines and forfeitures of
bail to which the board is entitled shall be reported at the
beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to the State
Controller. At the same time, the entire amount of these collections
shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the
Physical Therapy Fund.
This fund shall be for the use of the board to pay all salaries
and all other expenses necessarily incurred in carrying into effect
the provisions of this chapter.
2688. The amount of fees assessed in connection with licenses
issued under this chapter is as follows:
(a) (1) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be
seventy-five dollars ($75). The fee for an application submitted
under Section 2653 to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
(2) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be
one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The fee for an application
submitted under Section 2653 to the board on or after March 1, 2009,
shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of an application fee under this subdivision
to an amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the
application process, but in no event shall the application fee amount
exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(b) The examination and reexamination fees for the physical
therapist examination, physical therapist assistant examination, and
the examination to demonstrate knowledge of the California rules and
regulations related to the practice of physical therapy shall be the
actual cost to the board of the development and writing of, or
purchase of the examination, and grading of each written examination,
plus the actual cost of administering each examination. The board,
at its discretion, may require the licensure applicant to pay the fee
for the examinations required by Section 2636 directly to the
organization conducting the examination.
(c) (1) The fee for a physical therapist license issued prior to
March 1, 2009, shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).
(2) The fee for a physical therapist license issued on or after
March 1, 2009, shall be one hundred dollars ($100).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the process to
issue the license, but in no event shall the fee to issue the license
exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(d) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires
prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires on
or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(e) (1) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) for
an application submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009.
(2) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125) for an application submitted to the board on or after March 1,
2009. The fee for an application submitted under Section 2653 to the
board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the application
process, but in no event shall the application fee amount exceed
three hundred dollars ($300).
(f) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license
that expires prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license that
expires on or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(g) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee shall be 50
percent of the renewal fee in effect.
(h) (1) The duplicate wall certificate fee shall be fifty dollars
($50). The duplicate renewal receipt fee amount shall be fifty
dollars ($50).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing duplicates, but in no event
shall that fee exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
(i) (1) The endorsement or letter of good standing fee shall be
sixty dollars ($60).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing an endorsement or letter,
but in no event shall the fee amount exceed one hundred dollars
($100).
2688.5. The board shall submit a report to the fiscal and
appropriate policy committees of the legislature whenever the board
increases any fee. The report shall specify the justification for the
increase and the percentage of the fee increase to be used for
enforcement purposes.
2689. (a) The board may establish by regulation suitable
application and renewal fees of not more than two hundred dollars
($200), for persons certified to perform electromyographical testing
pursuant to Section 2620.5, based upon the cost of operating the
certification program. The application fee shall be paid by the
applicant at the time the application is filed and the renewal fee
shall be paid as provided in Section 2683.
(b) The board shall charge an examination and reexamination fee of
five hundred dollars ($500) to applicants who are examined and who
have been found to otherwise meet the board's standards for
certification.
2680. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings under this
chapter, and a register of all persons licensed under it. The
register shall show the name of every living licensee, his or her
last known place of residence, and the date and number of his or her
license as a physical therapist. The board shall compile a list of
physical therapists authorized to practice physical therapy in the
state. Any interested person is entitled to obtain a copy of that
list upon application to the board and payment of such amount as may
be fixed by the board which amount shall not exceed the cost of the
list so furnished.
2681. Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month the
board shall report to the State Controller the amount and source of
all collections made from persons licensed or seeking to be licensed
under this chapter and at the same time pay all such sums into the
State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Physical Therapy
Fund.
2682. There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy Fund. All
collections from persons licensed or approved or seeking to be
licensed or approved shall be paid by the board into the fund after
reporting to the Controller at the beginning of each month the amount
and source of the collections. All money in the Physical Therapy
Fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2683. Except as provided in Section 2684, the provisions of Article
19 (commencing with Section 2420) of Chapter 5 apply to the issuance
and govern the expiration and renewal of licenses issued under this
chapter.
2684. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2422, any license or approval for
the practice of physical therapy shall expire at midnight on the
last day of the birth month of the licensee or holder of the approval
during the second year of a two-year term, if not renewed.
(b) To renew an unexpired license or approval, the licensee or the
holder of the approval shall, on or before the dates on which it
would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the
board, pay the prescribed renewal fee, and submit proof of the
completion of continuing education or competency required by the
board pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 2676). The
licensee or holder of the approval shall disclose on his or her
license renewal application any misdemeanor or other criminal offense
for which he or she has been found guilty or to which he or she has
pleaded guilty or no contest.
(c) A license or approval that has expired may be renewed within
five years upon payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees and
satisfaction of the requirements described in subdivision (b).
2685. At least 60 days before the expiration of any license or
approval, the board shall mail to each licensee under this chapter,
at the latest address furnished by the licensee to the executive
officer, a notice stating the amount of the renewal fee and the date
on which it is due, and that failure to pay it on or before the due
date will result in expiration of the license.
2687. All fees earned by the board and all fines and forfeitures of
bail to which the board is entitled shall be reported at the
beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to the State
Controller. At the same time, the entire amount of these collections
shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the
Physical Therapy Fund.
This fund shall be for the use of the board to pay all salaries
and all other expenses necessarily incurred in carrying into effect
the provisions of this chapter.
2688. The amount of fees assessed in connection with licenses
issued under this chapter is as follows:
(a) (1) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be
seventy-five dollars ($75). The fee for an application submitted
under Section 2653 to the board prior to March 1, 2009, shall be one
hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
(2) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical
therapist submitted to the board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be
one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The fee for an application
submitted under Section 2653 to the board on or after March 1, 2009,
shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of an application fee under this subdivision
to an amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the
application process, but in no event shall the application fee amount
exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(b) The examination and reexamination fees for the physical
therapist examination, physical therapist assistant examination, and
the examination to demonstrate knowledge of the California rules and
regulations related to the practice of physical therapy shall be the
actual cost to the board of the development and writing of, or
purchase of the examination, and grading of each written examination,
plus the actual cost of administering each examination. The board,
at its discretion, may require the licensure applicant to pay the fee
for the examinations required by Section 2636 directly to the
organization conducting the examination.
(c) (1) The fee for a physical therapist license issued prior to
March 1, 2009, shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).
(2) The fee for a physical therapist license issued on or after
March 1, 2009, shall be one hundred dollars ($100).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the process to
issue the license, but in no event shall the fee to issue the license
exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(d) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires
prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist license that expires on
or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(e) (1) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) for
an application submitted to the board prior to March 1, 2009.
(2) The fee for application and for issuance of a physical
therapist assistant license shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125) for an application submitted to the board on or after March 1,
2009. The fee for an application submitted under Section 2653 to the
board on or after March 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an
amount that does not exceed the cost of administering the application
process, but in no event shall the application fee amount exceed
three hundred dollars ($300).
(f) (1) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license
that expires prior to April 1, 2009, shall be one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(2) The fee to renew a physical therapist assistant license that
expires on or after April 1, 2009, shall be two hundred dollars
($200).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the board may decrease
or increase the amount of the renewal fee under this subdivision to
an amount that does not exceed the cost of the renewal process, but
in no event shall the renewal fee amount exceed three hundred dollars
($300).
(g) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee shall be 50
percent of the renewal fee in effect.
(h) (1) The duplicate wall certificate fee shall be fifty dollars
($50). The duplicate renewal receipt fee amount shall be fifty
dollars ($50).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing duplicates, but in no event
shall that fee exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
(i) (1) The endorsement or letter of good standing fee shall be
sixty dollars ($60).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the board may decrease or
increase the amount of the fee under this subdivision to an amount
that does not exceed the cost of issuing an endorsement or letter,
but in no event shall the fee amount exceed one hundred dollars
($100).
2688.5. The board shall submit a report to the fiscal and
appropriate policy committees of the legislature whenever the board
increases any fee. The report shall specify the justification for the
increase and the percentage of the fee increase to be used for
enforcement purposes.
2689. (a) The board may establish by regulation suitable
application and renewal fees of not more than two hundred dollars
($200), for persons certified to perform electromyographical testing
pursuant to Section 2620.5, based upon the cost of operating the
certification program. The application fee shall be paid by the
applicant at the time the application is filed and the renewal fee
shall be paid as provided in Section 2683.
(b) The board shall charge an examination and reexamination fee of
five hundred dollars ($500) to applicants who are examined and who
have been found to otherwise meet the board's standards for
certification.
