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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.69.01.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="69" chapter_num="01" heading="Licensure Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The fees listed in this regulation are nonrefundable.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The fees are as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Initial application fee—$150;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Biennial renewal fee—$120;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Biennial reinstatement fee—$70;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Verification of licensure fee—$45; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Returned check fee—$30.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Health Care Practitioner User Fee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In addition to a license fee, each licensed certified midwife shall pay a non-refundable health care practitioner user fee assessed by the Maryland Health Care Commission in accordance with Health-General Article, §19-111(b)(4), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The health care practitioner user fee shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In addition to the licensing fee paid to the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Collected with the application for an initial or renewal license.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The amount of the assessed health care practitioner user fee shall be double the amount of the annual health care practitioner user fee for biennial licensure.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Account for the health care practitioner user fees; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Transfer the health care practitioner user fees to the Maryland Health Care Commission on a quarterly basis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>