A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the maximum fees that the north carolina state board of dental examiners may assess.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑39 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑39.  Fees.
In order to provide the means of carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this Article and the duties devolving upon the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, it is authorized to charge and collect fees established by its rules not exceeding the following:
(1)	Each application for general dentistry examination		$1,200
(2)	Each general dentistry license renewal, which fee shall be annually fixed by the Board and not later than November 30 of each year it shall give written notice of the amount of the renewal fee to each dentist licensed to practice in this State by mailing such notice to the last address of record with the Board of each such dentist		600.00
(2a)	Penalty for late renewal of any license or permit		100.00
(3)	Each provisional license		300.00
(4)	Each intern permit or renewal thereof		500.00
(5)	Each certificate of license to a resident dentist desiring to change to another state or territory		75.00
(6)	Repealed by Session Laws 1995, (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 584, s. 1.
(7)	Each license to resume the practice issued to a dentist who has retired from and returned to this State		500.00
(8)	Each instructor's license or renewal thereof		500.00
(9)	With each renewal of a dentistry license, an annual fee to help fund special peer review organizations for impaired dentists		100.00
(10)	Each duplicate of any license, permit, or certificate issued by the Board
			75.00
(11)	Each office inspection for general anesthesia and parenteral sedation permits		750.00
(12)	Each general anesthesia and parenteral sedation permit application or renewal of permit		100.00
(13)	Each application for license by credentials		3,000
(14)	Each application for limited volunteer dental license		200.00
(15)	Each limited volunteer dental license annual renewal		50.00."
SECTION 2. G.S. 90‑232 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑232.  Fees.
In order to provide the means of carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this Article and the duties devolving upon the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, it is authorized to charge and collect fees established by its rules not exceeding the following:
(1)	Each applicant for examination		$350.00
(2)	Each renewal certificate, which fee shall be annually fixed by the Board and not later than November 30 of each year it shall give written notice of the amount of the renewal fee to each dental hygienist licensed to practice in this State by mailing such notice to the last address of record with the Board of each such dental hygienist		250.00
(3)	Each restoration of license		150.00
(4)	Each provisional license		150.00
(5)	Each certificate of license to a resident dental hygienist desiring to change to another state or territory		50.00
(6)	Annual fee to be paid upon license renewal to assist in funding programs for impaired dental hygienists		80.00
(7)	Each license by credentials		1,500.
In no event may the annual fee imposed on dental hygienists to fund the impaired dental hygienists program exceed the annual fee imposed on dentists to fund the impaired dentist program. All fees shall be payable in advance to the Board and shall be disposed of by the Board in the discharge of its duties under this Article."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.