{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-232","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-232","heading":"Fees.","body":"(a)\tIn 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:\n(1)\tEach applicant for examination\t$350.00\n(2)\tEach 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\t250.00\n(3)\tEach restoration of license\t150.00\n(4)\tEach provisional license\t150.00\n(5)\tEach certificate of license to a resident dental hygienist desiring to change to another state or territory\t50.00\n(6)\tAnnual fee to be paid upon license renewal to assist in funding programs for impaired dental hygienists\t80.00\n(7)\tEach license by credentials \t1,500.\n(b)\tIn all instances where the Board uses the services of a regional or national testing agency for preparation, administration, or grading of examinations, the Board may require applicants to pay the actual cost of the testing agency in lieu of the fee authorized in subdivision (a)(1) of this section.\n(c)\tIn 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. (1945, c. 639, s. 11; 1965, c. 163, s. 7; 1967, c. 489, s. 2; 1971, c. 756, s. 12; 1987, c. 555, s. 2; 1999-382, s. 3; 2002-37, s. 6; 2003-348, s. 2; 2006-235, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 16. Dental Hygiene Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-232.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"f03342df92eac8e4cd8070013f92f0b7c4be1dadc27b96e7abe13cfd8dc88036","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-231","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}