Rule 4725-3-13 | Fees.
(A) The state vision professionals board fees are nonrefundable.
(1) Optometrist:
(a) Three hundred fifty dollars for application for a certificate of licensure to practice optometry;
(b) Three hundred fifty dollars for renewal of a certificate to practice optometry;
(c) One hundred twenty-five dollars for late completion or submission, or both, of continuing optometric education;
(d) One hundred twenty-five dollars for late renewal of a certificate of licensure that has expired;
(e) Three hundred fifty dollars for reinstatement of application of certificate of licensure.
(2) Optician:
(a) One hundred ninety-five dollars for application in optical dispensing;
(b) One hundred ninety-five dollars for renewal application in optical dispensing;
(c) Seventy-five dollars for late renewal of a certificate of licensure that has expired;
(d) Five-dollars duplicate fee of certificate of licensure.
(3) Apprentice:
(a) Twenty dollars for each initial registration;
(b) No charge to renew the registration.
(B) Additional fees to cover administrative costs incurred by the board, including fees for replacing licenses issued by the board and providing rosters of currently licensed optometrists. Such fees shall be established at a regular meeting of the board and shall comply with any applicable guidelines or policies set by the department of administrative services or the office of budget and management.
(C) The board, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts specified in paragraph (A) of this rule if the fees do not exceed the amounts specified by more than fifty per cent.
(D) All receipts of the board, from any source, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.
Last updated December 12, 2023 at 10:35 AM
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