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<chapter num="07" heading="Fees" title_num="10" subtitle_num="57">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Fee Schedule.">
    <text>The following fees are established by the Board:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Residential Child Care Program Administrators:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Board shall prorate the initial application fee for applicants who apply for initial certification in the following manner:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Within 2 years to 18 months of the renewal date . . . $200;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Within 18 months to 1 year of the renewal date . . . $150;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Within 1 year to 6 months of the renewal date . . . $100; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Within 6 months of the renewal date . . . $50;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>State Comprehensive Examination (charged each time an applicant takes the examination) . . . $125;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Biennial Certificate Renewal . . . $200;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Reinstatement Fee . . . $200;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Acting Capacity Approval—$75; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Authorization to serve as the residential child care program administrator for 2 individually licensed organizations—$100;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioner:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Initial Application . . . $50;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Biennial Certificate Renewal—$ 50; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Reinstatement Fee . . . $50;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Other Fees:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Application for approval of a continuing education program of studies . . . $100;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Fine for failure to notify the Board within 30 days of a change in the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Name of the certificate holder;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Home address of the certificate holder;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Electronic mail address of the certificate holder; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Name or address of employer or business connection of the certificate holder . . . $50;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Returned check fee . . . $25;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Diskettes, Labels or Rosters of Certified Individuals. Persons may purchase diskettes, labels, or rosters of certified:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Residential Child Care Program Administrators . . . $50; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioner . . . $100;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Written verification of certification . . . $15;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Failure to appear at Standards Examination without justification . . . $15; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Missing documentation reprocessing fee . . . $5.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Refunds.">
    <text>Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §20-206, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.04 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 7, 2008 (35:9 Md. R. 894); adopted permanently effective April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 749)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised and recodified from COMAR 10.57.06 to COMAR 10.57.07 effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 617)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective October 13, 2025 (52:20 Md. R. 1002)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 302)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A, B amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1175)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>