The amount of fees prescribed for licensed acupuncturists shall be those set forth in this section unless a lower fee is fixed by the board in accordance with Section 4972:

(a) The application fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).

(b) The examination and reexamination fees shall be the actual cost to the board for the development and writing of, grading, and administering of each examination.

(c) The initial license fee shall be three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325), except that if the license will expire less than one year after its issuance, then the initial license fee shall be an amount equal to 50 percent of the initial license fee. The initial license fee shall include one wall license registration if a place of practice is specified in the application.

(d) The renewal fee shall be three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) and, if a lower fee is fixed by the board, shall be an amount sufficient to support the functions of the board in the administration of this chapter. The board shall assess the renewal fee biennially.

(e) The delinquency fee shall be set in accordance with Section 163.5.

(f) The wall license fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15).

(g) The wall license renewal fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15).

(h) If a pocket license is lost or destroyed, the pocket license replacement fee is ten dollars ($10).

(i) The endorsement fee is ten dollars ($10).

(j) If a wall license is lost or destroyed, the wall license replacement fee is fifteen dollars ($15).

(k) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2021.

(Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 308, Sec. 2. (AB 779) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)