63 Pa. Stat. § 123

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-79
Section 123 - Fees
(a) The fee for an applicant for examination and licensure to practice dentistry or as a dental hygienist or certification for an expanded function dental assistant in this Commonwealth shall be fixed by the board by regulation. It shall be the duty of all persons now qualified and engaged in the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene or as a certified expanded function dental assistant, or who shall hereafter be licensed or certified by the board, to renew biennially with said board, and pay for each such biennial renewal a fee which shall be fixed by the board by regulation.
(b) All fees required pursuant to this act shall be fixed by the board by regulation and shall be subject to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L. 633, No. 181), known as the "Regulatory Review Act." If the revenues raised by fees, fines and civil penalties imposed pursuant to this act are not sufficient to meet expenditures over a two-year period, the board shall increase those fees by regulation so that the projected revenues will meet or exceed projected expenditures.
(c) If the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs determines that the fees established by the board are inadequate to meet the minimum enforcement efforts required by this act, then the bureau, after consultation with the board and subject to the "Regulatory Review Act," shall increase the fees by regulation in an amount that adequate revenues are raised to meet the required enforcement effort.
(d) All fees, fines and penalties collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account established pursuant to and for use in accordance with the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L. 700, No. 124) , known as the "Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act."

63 P.S. § 123

1933, May 1, P.L. 216, § 4, effective 1/1/1934. Amended 1959, Dec. 15, P.L. 1753, § 1; 1985, Dec. 20, P.L. 513, No. 118, § 4, effective 1/1/1986; 1994, Dec. 27, P.L. 1361, No. 160, § 2, imd. effective.