§321-11.5 Establishment of fees. (a) The department of health, by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, may establish reasonable fees for the issuance or renewal of licenses, permits, variances, and various certificates required by law or by the department's rules. The fees may include the cost of related examinations, inspections, investigations, and reviews.

(b) [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2014. L Sp 2009, c 21, §8.] All fees paid and collected pursuant to this section and rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91 from facilities seeking licensure or certification by the department of health, including hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, home care agencies, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, freestanding outpatient surgical facilities, adult day health care centers, rural health centers, laboratories, adult residential care homes, expanded adult residential care homes, developmental disability domiciliary homes, assisted living facilities, therapeutic living programs, and special treatment facilities, shall be deposited into the office of health care assurance special fund created under section 321-1.4. Any other entities required by law to be licensed by the department of health shall also be subject to reasonable fees established by the department of health by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91.

(c) Other than the fees collected under subsection (b), all other fees collected under this section and section 321-15 shall be deposited into the sanitation and environmental health special fund established under section 321-27. [L 1982, c 80, §4; am L 1994, c 169, §§3, 9; am L 1996, c 164, §1; am L 1998, c 311, §§13, 16; am L 1999, c 120, §3; am L 2007, c 90, §2; am L Sp 2009, c 21, §4; am L 2010, c 176, §2; am L 2011, c 220, §11]

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The source note to this section is supplemented by "am L Sp 2009, c 21, §8; am L 2011, c 220, §11; am L 2014, c 125, §2; am L 2019, c 158, §2".