Minn. R. agency 111, ch. 1800, GENERALLY, pt. 1800.0500

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 24, December 9, 2024

Part 1800.0500 - FEES

Subpart 1.Requirements.

A. An application for examination as a professional engineer, land surveyor, professional geologist, or professional soil scientist must be accompanied by an application fee as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. The board shall charge, or provide for a third party to charge, each applicant a fee for examination and an examination monitoring fee as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105.

B. Following an applicant's completion of the requirements for licensure, the board shall supply the applicant with an application for licensure as an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, professional geologist, or professional soil scientist, which the applicant shall complete and return with the initial fee for licensure as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. Following an applicant's completion of the requirements for certification, the board shall supply the applicant with an application for certification as a certified interior designer, which the applicant shall complete and return with the initial fee for certification as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. An applicant applying for licensure by comity under part 1800.0800, item F, G, H, or I, shall pay an application fee under subpart 7, item A. Upon approval by the board, an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor by comity under part 1800.0800, item G, shall submit an examination fee in the amount established by the local testing agency and an examination monitoring fee as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105.

C. If the board finds that an applicant is ineligible for licensure or certification, the applicant must submit a new application each time that the applicant submits new evidence of eligibility.

D. An application for renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, professional geologist, professional soil scientist, or certification as a certified interior designer must be accompanied by a renewal fee as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105.

E. An application for examination as a land surveyor-in-training or geologist-in-training must be accompanied by an application fee as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. Upon approval by the board, an applicant for an examination administered by the board shall pay to the board a fee in the amount established by the applicable national testing agency and an examination monitoring fee as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. For examinations administered by a third-party vendor, the applicant shall pay the actual fee for examination to the national testing agency in a manner it prescribes. Information concerning the current examination fee charged by the applicable national testing agency may be obtained by contacting the board offices.

F. If the board finds an applicant to be ineligible for admission to the examination or if an applicant fails the examination, does not register by a required deadline, does not appear for the examination, or does not pay any required examination fee by a required deadline, the applicant must submit a new application for the examination each time that the applicant applies to take the examination.

G. An application for certification as an engineer-in-training or soil scientist-in-training must be accompanied by an application fee as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105.

Subp. 2.Refunds.

Application fees are not refundable.

Subp. 3. [Repealed, L 1999 c 213 s 5]

Subp. 4.Delayed renewal fee.

A renewal fee is a delayed renewal fee within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 326.10, subdivision 9, if it is not postmarked on or before June 30 of the year specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105. The delayed renewal fee is $30 and is in addition to the renewal fee provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.105.

Subp. 5. [Repealed, 22 SR 90]

Subp. 6. [Repealed, 22 SR 90]

Subp. 7.Additional fees.

In addition to all other fees for examination, licensure, or certification, as provided in this part or Minnesota Statutes, section 326.10, subdivision 1, the following schedule of fees is applicable:

A. for each application for licensure under Minnesota Statutes, section 326.10, subdivision 1, clause (2), applicable to any person registered in another state or territory of the United States, or in any province of Canada, or in any foreign country, a fee of $75;

B. for reissuance of a revoked, lost, destroyed, duplicated, or mutilated certificate of licensure or certificate as a certified interior designer, $25;

C. for monitoring licensing examinations for applicants of boards of other states, the fee shall be $25, payable by the applicant;

D. an applicant for examination in more than one branch of engineering shall submit a separate examination fee for each additional branch of engineering for which the applicant has applied for examination; and

E. for retaking all or any part of any examination for certification or licensure, the fee shall be established by the exam administrator

Minn. R. agency 111, ch. 1800, GENERALLY, pt. 1800.0500

8 SR 1777; 12 SR 2574; 14 SR 2988; 17 SR 711; 18 SR 2174; 21 SR 1427; 22 SR 90; L 1999 c 213 s 5, 6; 29 SR 754; 38 SR 59

48 SR 505

Statutory Authority: MS s 214.06; 214.12; 326.06; 326.10