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<chapter num="05" heading="Fee Schedule" title_num="10" subtitle_num="42">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter governs all persons licensed as social workers in the State and all persons, agencies, institutions, or organizations seeking to provide continuing education programs who submit applications to the Board for sponsorship authorization and program approval under the requirements of COMAR 10.42.06.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Fees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The following fees are established by the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Application processing fee — $100;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Initial license fee — $75;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>License renewal fee:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Bachelor level — $100;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Graduate level — $200;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Certified level — $275;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Certified-clinical level — $275;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Inactive status fee — $15;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Reactivation processing fee to change from inactive status to active status:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Bachelor level — $125;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Graduate level — $225;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Certified level — $300;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Certified-clinical level — $300;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Reinstatement processing fee to change from non-renewed status to active status:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Bachelor level — $125;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Graduate level — $225;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Certified level — $300;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Certified-clinical level — $300;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Application for authorization to sponsor continuing education programs (required only if not automatically entitled to sponsor programs under COMAR 10.42.06):</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Application — $200;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Program Approval — $100;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>License verification fee — $20;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Penalty for returned checks — $50;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>Failure to notify the Board of change of address — $50;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>Supervisor registration fee — $20;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>Individual record retrieval fee — $30.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>Rosters:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Bachelor or graduate levels — $80;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Certified or certified-clinical levels — $150.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Board may not refund a fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Maryland Health Care Commission may assess a fee for health care professionals which the applicant shall pay at the time of license renewal as specified in COMAR 10.25.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Change of Fees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Fees are subject to change by action of the State Board of Social Work Examiners.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Board shall give notice of a change in fees to licensees and applicants by any reasonable means.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Maryland Health Care Commission Assessment for Health Care Practitioners.">
    <text>At the time of license renewal of a certified social worker—clinical, certified social worker, and a graduate social worker, an applicant shall pay to the Board a user fee assessed by the Maryland Health Care Commission, as specified annually in the Maryland Register pursuant to COMAR 10.25.02.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §§19-205, 19-206, and 19-308, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: April 2, 1990 (17:6 Md. R. 741)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective August 18, 1992 (19:18 Md. R. 1653); adopted permanently effective February 19, 1993 (19:24 Md. R. 2126)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective May 23, 1994 (21:10 Md. R. 844)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective April 15, 2001 (28:10 Md. R. 945); adopted permanently effective August 6, 2001 (28:15 Md. R. 1397)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02J adopted effective May 23, 1994 (21:10 Md. R. 844)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective June 24, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 928)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective May 12, 2003 (30:9 Md. R. 615); May 11, 2015 (42:9 Md. R. 647)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective August 25, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1489); February 8, 2010 (37:3 Md. R. 176); May 11, 2015 (42:9 Md. R. 647)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02A amended effective May 12, 2003 (30:9 Md. R. 615)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02E, G amended effective November 11, 2002 (29:22 Md. R. 1721)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 adopted effective May 12, 2003 (30:9 Md. R. 615)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>