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<chapter num="07" heading="Fee Schedule" title_num="10" subtitle_num="28">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>These regulations govern all persons licensed as optometrists by the State.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Fees.">
    <text>The following fees are established by the Board:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Application fee—$300;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Biennial renewal license fee— $600;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Inactive license fee—$250;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Late fee (payable if renewal fee is received within the 30-day grace period)—$100;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Reinstatement fee (payable after failure to renew license for less than 5 years). Licensee shall also pay renewal fees for number of renewal cycles lapsed—$50;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Reinstatement fee to active licensure (payable to change from inactive status to active status licensure)—$100;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Fee for failure to maintain correct mailing address, name, or email address with the Board—$50; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>License verification fee (per state or entity)—$25.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Change of Fees.">
    <text>Fees are subject to change by action of the Board of Examiners in Optometry. All licensees and applicants will be notified of the change.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §§11-205, 11-207, and 11-302—11-308, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 22, 1984 (11:21 Md. R. 1814)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective August 18, 1992 (19:18 Md. R. 1653); amended permanently effective January 2, 1993 (19:25 Md. R. 2206)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective March 4, 2002 (29:4 Md. R. 417)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective January 30, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 314); amended permanently effective March 31, 2003 (30:6 Md. R. 420)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1741); July 7, 2025 (52:13 Md. R. 656)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02H repealed effective July 31, 2017 (44:15 Md. R. 760)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02I, J repealed effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1591)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>