PRINTER'S NO. 1837
No. 1528 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY IRVIS, BENNETT, POLITE, WARGO, OLIVER, RENWICK,
WHITE, RHODES, BARBER, A. K. HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, CAPUTO,
KELLY AND BRANDT, JULY 25, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, JULY 25, 1977
AN ACT
1 Fixing annual license and other fees for activities regulated by
2 the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
3 Department of State.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bureau of
8 Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act."
9 Section 2. Fees.
10 The annual and biennial license and renewal fees for
11 activities regulated by the Bureau of Professional and
12 Occupational Affairs shall be as follows:
13 Activity Fee
14 (1) Architecture
15 (i) Examination 50.00
16 (ii) Renewal, biennial 25.00
17 (2) Auctioneer
18 (i) Auctioneer's registration certifi-
1 cate 50.00
2 (ii) Auctioneers, biennial renewal 50.00
3 (iii) Special license, specific auction 100.00
4 (3) Barbers
5 (i) Apprentice, student permit 5.00
6 (ii) Teachers, registration fee 25.00
7 (iii) Teachers, biennial renewal 25.00
8 (iv) Barber shop, registration fee 10.00
9 (v) Barber shop, biennial renewal 10.00
10 (4) Chiropractic
11 (i) Standard examination 40.00
12 (ii) Renewal, biennial 20.00
13 (5) Cosmetology
14 (i) Student and apprentice permits 5.00
15 (ii) Operators and manicurists,
16 original 10.00
17 (iii) Operators and manicurists,
18 biennial renewal 10.00
19 (iv) Shop owners, managers, teachers,
20 original 25.00
21 (v) Shop owners, managers, teachers,
22 biennial renewal 25.00
23 (6) Dentist
24 (i) Dentist, biennial registration 25.00
25 (ii) Dental hygienists, biennial
26 registration 10.00
27 (7) Professional engineering
28 (i) Engineers, biennial renewal 25.00
29 (ii) Surveyors, biennial renewal 25.00
30 (8) Landscape architecture
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1 (i) Examination and initial 100.00
2 (ii) Renewal, biennial 50.00
3 (9) Motor vehicle manufacturers, dealers
4 and salesmen
5 (i) Motor vehicle manufacturers,
6 biennial renewal 25.00
7 (ii) Motor vehicle wholesalers,
8 biennial renewal 25.00
9 (iii) Distributor's license, biennial
10 renewal 15.00
11 (iv) Distributor branch representative
12 license, biennial renewal 15.00
13 (v) Motor vehicle factory represen-
14 tative license, biennial renewal 15.00
15 (vi) Motor vehicle dealers license,
16 biennial renewal 25.00
17 (vii) Motor vehicle dealers branch
18 office, biennial renewal 25.00
19 (viii) Motor vehicle salesmen license,
20 biennial renewal 15.00
21 (ix) Used car lots, biennial renewal 25.00
22 (10) Nurse Board
23 (i) Practical nurse examination 18.00
24 (ii) Professional nurse examination 24.00
25 (iii) Practical nurse, biennial renewal 5.00
26 (iv) Professional nurse, biennial
27 renewal 10.00
28 (11) Nursing Home Administration
29 (i) Examination and initial
30 registration 50.00
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1 (ii) Nursing Home Administrator,
2 biennial renewal 50.00
3 (iii) Nursing Home Administrator,
4 license by endorsement 50.00
5 (12) Optometry
6 (i) Optometrists, biennial renewal 25.00
7 (ii) Optometrists branch office,
8 original license 20.00
9 (iii) Optometrists branch office,
10 biennial renewal 20.00
11 (13) Osteopathy
12 (i) Examination, original license 40.00
13 (ii) Biennial renewal 25.00
14 (14) Pharmacy
15 (i) Pharmacist examination fee 25.00
16 (ii) Pharmacist, original license 30.00
17 (iii) Pharmacist, biennial renewal 30.00
18 (iv) Pharmacy, biennial renewal 50.00
19 (15) Physical Therapy
20 (i) Physical therapist license,
21 biennial renewal 25.00
22 (16) Podiatry
23 (i) Examination 50.00
24 (17) Real Estate
25 (i) Brokers examination and registra-
26 tion 25.00
27 (ii) Salesman's examination and regis-
28 tration 20.00
29 (iii) Brokers license, biennial renewal 25.00
30 (iv) Corporations, biennial renewal 25.00
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1 (v) Partnership, biennial renewal 25.00
2 (vi) Associate broker, biennial renewal 25.00
3 (vii) Certification of license of Pa.
4 broker applying for licensure
5 in another state 5.00
6 (viii) New license for new location for
7 unexpired period - place of
8 business 5.00
9 (ix) Salesman, biennial renewal 20.00
10 (x) Salesman, change of employer 5.00
11 (xi) Certifications, all licenses 5.00
12 The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs shall
13 collect the fees for which this act provides; however, nothing
14 in this act shall prevent the collection of fees by the bureau
15 not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
16 Section 3. Late renewal fee; duplicate license fee.
17 Where a license is renewed beyond the date specified for
18 renewal by the bureau, a fee of $5.00 for each month or part of
19 a month beyond the renewal date shall be charged in addition to
20 the prescribed fee.
21 The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license shall be
22 $5.00 in all cases.
23 Section 4. Additional funds for bureau operation.
24 As much of the fees fixed by this act and collected by the
25 Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs as are necessary
26 for payment of the cost of processing of licenses and renewals
27 thereof is hereby appropriated to the Bureau of Professional and
28 Occupational Affairs. Any portion of the fees not necessary for
29 payment of the cost of processing of licenses and renewals
30 thereof shall be paid into the General Fund.
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1 The bureau may promulgate rules and regulations consistent
2 with this section.
3 Section 5. Repeals.
4 All acts or parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are
5 inconsistent herewith.
6 Section 6. Savings clause.
7 The provisions of this act shall not affect any act done,
8 liability incurred or right accrued or vested, or affect any
9 suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any
10 right or penalty or punish any offense under the authority of
11 any act or part thereof repealed by this act.
12 Section 7. Effective date.
13 This act shall take effect January 1, 1978.
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