Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 9 - DENTISTS (§§ 73-9-1 — 73-9-117) › GENERAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS (§§ 73-9-1 — 73-9-67) › Section 73-9-43 - Schedule of license fees; delinquency penalties; disposition and distribution of fees

(1)
The secretary or executive director shall collect in advance all fees provided for in this chapter as established by the board, not to exceed:
Application for dental license .................... $ 600.00
Application for dental license through credentials .................... 2,500.00
Application for dental specialty license .................... 400.00
Application for dental institutional, teaching or provisional license .................... 600.00
Application for dental hygiene license .................... 400.00
Application for dental hygiene license through credentials .................... 750.00
Application for dental hygiene institutional, teaching, or provisional license .................... 400.00
Application for general anesthesia permit .................... 400.00
Application for I.V. sedation permit .................... 400.00
Application for radiology permit .................... 100.00
Dental license renewal .................... 300.00
Dental specialty license renewal .................... 200.00
Dental institutional, teaching or provisional license renewal .................... 300.00
Dental hygiene license renewal .................... 150.00
Dental hygiene institutional, teaching, or provisional license re-newal .................... 150.00
General anesthesia permit renewal .................... 200.00
I.V. sedation permit renewal .................... 200.00
Radiology permit renewal .................... 75.00
Penalty for delinquent renewal of dental licenses; dental specialty licenses; and dental institutional, teaching, and provisional licenses:
First month (plus renewal fee) .................... 100.00
Second month (plus renewal fee) .................... 150.00
Penalty for delinquent renewal of dental hygiene licenses and dental hygiene institutional, teaching, and provisional licenses:
First month (plus renewal fee) .................... 50.00
Second month (plus renewal fee) .................... 75.00
Penalty for delinquent renewal of radiology permits:
First month (plus renewal fee) .................... 45.00
Second month (plus renewal fee) .................... 65.00
Penalty for nonnotification of change of address .................... 50.00
Penalty for duplicate renewal forms and certification cards .................... 50.00
Duplicate or replacement license or permit .................... 40.00
Certification of licensure status .................... 40.00
Certified copy of license or permit .................... 40.00
Handling fee for nonsufficient funds check .................... 50.00
Requests for database information .................... 300.00
Radiology examinations administered in board's office .................... 100.00
Dental and dental hygiene licensure examination manuals .................... 50.00
Dental and dental hygiene licensure by credentials packets .................... 50.00
Laws and/or regulations .................... 50.00
Disciplinary action orders .................... 25.00
Newsletters .................... 20.00
(2)
The board may enact and enforce for delinquency in payment for any fees set out in this section a penalty in addition to the fee of an amount up to but not in excess of the fee. An additional fee of an amount equal to the first penalty may be assessed for each thirty (30) days, or part thereof, of delinquency. If any license or permit holder is delinquent in payment of renewal fees exceeding sixty (60) days from the initial renewal deadline as set by the board, the person shall be presumed to be no longer practicing, shall be stricken from the rolls and shall be deemed an illegal practitioner, subject to the penalties as enumerated in Section
73-9-41
. In order to practice his or her profession in this state thereafter, the person may, at the discretion of the board, be considered as a new applicant and subject to examination and other licensing requirements as an original applicant.
(3)
The secretary or executive director shall faithfully account for all monies received by the board. All fees and any other monies received by the board, except monetary penalties collected under Section
73-9-61
, 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. 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.
(4)
For conducting the initial and retake examinations of applicants for licensure the secretary shall receive no more than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) per day for each examination, and no other member shall receive more than Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) per day for each examination. The receipt of that compensation shall not entitle members of the board to receive or be eligible for any state employee group insurance, retirement or other fringe benefits. Any fees or income other than the maximum allowable for examining applicants for licensure as set out above shall be accounted for and may be used as needed in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(5)
A portion of the fee charged for license renewal of dentists and dental hygienists may be used to support a program to aid impaired dentists and/or dental hygienists. The payment of per diem and expense for attending board meetings shall be in addition to the compensation permitted above for examining applicants for licensure, and the per diem shall not exceed the amount provided in Section
25-3-69
.
Codes, 1930, § 4313; 1942, § 8765; Laws, 1928, ch. 131; Laws, 1952, ch. 323, § 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 468, § 4; Laws, 1970, ch. 404, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 449, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 332, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 488, § 22; Laws, 1985, ch. 348; Laws, 1988, ch. 539; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 483, § 22; Laws, 1992, ch. 502, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 580, § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 465, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 541, § 23; Laws, 2000, ch. 560, § 8; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2002, ch. 524, § 23, eff. 6/30/2002.