Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 31 - PSYCHOLOGISTS (§§ 73-31-1 — 73-31-NEW) › Section 73-31-9 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Fees; renewal of license; deposit of money received by board in special fund; regulation of fund; audit

(1)
All fees from applicants seeking licensing under this chapter and all license renewal fees received under this chapter shall be nonrefundable. The board may charge a late fee for nonrenewal by June 30 of each year.
(2)
The board shall charge an application fee to be determined by the board, but not to exceed Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00), to applicants for licensing, and shall charge the applicant for the expenses incurred by the board for examination of the applicant. The board may increase the application fee as necessary, but may not increase the fee by more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) above the amount of the previous year's fee.
(3)
Except as provided in Section
33-1-39
, every licensed psychologist in this state shall annually pay to the board a fee determined by the board, but not to exceed Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00); and the credentialing coordinator shall thereupon issue a renewal of the license for a term of one (1) year. The board may increase the license renewal fee as necessary, but may not increase the fee by more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) above the amount of the previous year's fee. The license of any psychologist who fails to renew during the month of June in each and every year shall lapse; the failure to renew the license, however, shall not deprive the psychologist of the right of renewal thereafter. The lapsed license may be renewed within a period of two (2) years after the lapse upon payment of all fees in arrears. A psychologist wishing to renew a license that has been lapsed for more than two (2) years shall be required to reapply for licensure.
(4)
Every odd-numbered year, no psychologist license shall be renewed unless the psychologist shows evidence of a minimum of twenty (20) clock hours of continuing education activities approved by the board.
(5)
All fees and any other monies received by the board shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury and shall be used for the implementation and administration of this chapter when appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose. The monies in the special fund shall be subject to all provisions of the state budget laws that are applicable to special fund agencies, and disbursements from the special fund shall be made by the State Treasurer only upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the chairman or executive secretary of the board. Any interest earned on this special fund shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the fund and shall not be paid into the State General Fund. Any unexpended monies remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund. The State Auditor shall audit the financial affairs of the board and the transactions involving the special fund at least once a year in the same manner as for other special fund agencies.
Codes, 1942, § 8877-105; Laws, 1966, ch. 483, § 5; Laws, 1979, ch. 412; reenacted, Laws, 1980, ch. 495, § 5; Laws, 1984, ch. 520, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1988, ch. 354, § 5; Laws, 1992, ch. 436, § 4; Laws, 1992, ch. 502, § 5; Laws, 1994, ch. 641, § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 399, § 4; Laws, 2007, ch. 309, § 25; Laws, 2011, ch. 498, § 5, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended without change by Laws, 2024, ch. 314, SB 2157,§ 3, eff. 4/8/2024.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 306, HB 208,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2021.
Reenacted and amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 320, SB 2480,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2018.
Reenacted by Laws, 2014, ch. 465, HB 383, 5, eff. 7/1/2014.