Louisiana § 37:2716 Fees

Louisiana Statutes

§ 37:2716 — Fees

Louisiana § 37:2716

Title 37Professions and Occupations

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 37:2716 (2026).

Text

§2716. Fees A.

(1)The board shall establish a reasonable fee schedule for examinations, applications, reexaminations, renewal, or reissuance of any license, certificate, or registration, or for any other administrative function provided for in this Chapter; and the receipts from the payment of such fees shall be used to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. Such fee schedule may be modified from time to time as deemed necessary by the board. The fees shall be established and payable by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2)The board is authorized to increase the fees in the fee schedule to not more than the following amounts:

(a)One hundred dollars per application for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker; seventy-five dollars per application f

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§2716. Fees
A.(1) The board shall establish a reasonable fee schedule for examinations,
applications, reexaminations, renewal, or reissuance of any license, certificate, or
registration, or for any other administrative function provided for in this Chapter; and the
receipts from the payment of such fees shall be used to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
Such fee schedule may be modified from time to time as deemed necessary by the board.
The fees shall be established and payable by rule adopted in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act.
(2) The board is authorized to increase the fees in the fee schedule to not more than
the following amounts:
(a) One hundred dollars per application for licensure as a licensed clinical social
worker; seventy-five dollars per application for licensure as a licensed master's social worker;
seventy-five dollars per application for certification as a certified social worker; and fifty
dollars per application for registration as a registered social worker.
(b) Fifty dollars per reexamination.
(c) One hundred dollars per renewal of any license, certificate, or registration.
(d) Fifty dollars per reissuance of any license, certificate, or registration.
B. The fees established under the provisions of this Section shall be paid to the
board. The board shall retain all fees and other monies received by it. Funds may be
expended by the board without appropriation for cost of administration and other expenses.
Additionally, funds may be used for the establishment and operation of continuing education
programs relating to the practice of social work and supervision of social work practice. Any
funds remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of each fiscal year shall be
retained by the board for expenditure in succeeding years and no part shall revert to the state
general fund.
C. Criminal record checks are required prior to issuance of license, certificate, or
registration. Costs associated with criminal record checks are the responsibility of the
applicant. The results of the criminal history record information search must be obtained,
reviewed, and considered acceptable by the board prior to issuance of license, certificate, or
registration.
D. No fee shall be refunded.

Legislative History

Acts 1972, No. 706, §1; Acts 1983, No. 484, §1; Acts 1990, No. 458, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 880, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2021, No. 215, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.