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§ 1918. License renewal; records and fees

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: December 22, 2014

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 33. Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 22, 2014
63 P.S. § 1918
§ 1918. License renewal; records and fees
Currentness
(a) Renewal term.--Renewal of license shall be on a biennial basis. The board may by regulation require evidence of professional activity or continuing education as a condition of license renewal. No credit shall be given for any course in office management or practice building.
(b) Records.--A record of all persons licensed to practice as bachelor social workers, social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors in Pennsylvania shall be kept in the office of the board and shall be open to public inspection and copying upon payment of a nominal fee for copying the record.
(c) Fees.--
(1) 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),1 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.
(2) If the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs determines that the fees established by the board pursuant to paragraph (1) 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 so that adequate revenues are raised to meet the required enforcement effort.

Credits

1987, July 9, P.L. 220, No. 39, § 18, effective in 90 days. Amended 1998, Dec. 21, P.L. 1017, No. 136, § 5, effective in 60 days; 2014, Oct. 22, P.L. 2884, No. 179, § 7, effective in 60 days [Dec. 22, 2014].

Footnotes

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71 P.S. § 745.1 et seq.
63 P.S. § 1918, PA ST 63 P.S. § 1918
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 7. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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