§34-43-14. Fees; Alabama Board of Massage Therapy Fund.

(a) By rule, the board shall initially assess and collect the following fees not to exceed:

(1) One hundred sixty dollars ($160) for the examination.

(2) One hundred dollars ($100) for the initial massage therapist license which shall be issued for one year. The initial licensing fee shall be assessed in the month when the applicant is notified that the license has been approved.

(3) One hundred dollars ($100) for all biennial license renewals postmarked or received at the office of the board by the date in which the license expires.

(4) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for the initial application for licensure or the resubmission of the initial application.

(5) One hundred dollars ($100) for the initial establishment license.

(6) Fifty dollars ($50) for the biennial renewal of the establishment license.

(7) Fifty dollars ($50) for the initial registration as a massage therapy school in this state.

(8) Ten dollars ($10) to renew the registration as a massage therapy school.

(9) Ten dollars ($10) to register as a massage therapy instructor in this state. This is a one-time fee and does not have to be renewed.

(10) Seventy-five dollars ($75) to reactivate an inactive license.

(11) Twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be added to all license fees not post-marked or received by the board before the expiration date of the license.

(12) Fifteen dollars ($15) to verify a license.

(13) Ten dollars ($10) for a duplicate license certificate or a name change on a license certificate. The board may issue a duplicate certificate only after receiving a sworn letter from the massage therapist that the original certificate was lost, stolen, or destroyed. The records of the board shall reflect that a duplicate certificate was issued.

(b) Necessary administrative fees may be charged by the board, including, but not limited to, reasonable costs for copying, labels, and lists. Examination and license fees may be adjusted as the board shall deem appropriate.

(c) There is hereby established a separate special revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy Fund. All receipts collected by the board under the provisions of this chapter are to be deposited in this fund and used only to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such receipts shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller, upon itemized vouchers approved by the chair of the board; provided that no funds shall be withdrawn except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, 41-19-1, and 41-19-12, as amended, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations bill or other appropriations bills.

(Acts 1996, No. 96-661, p. 1060, §14.)