Section 3 - Reimbursed Expenses/Rates and Service Agreement (a) Each board or commission described in section 2 of these rules shall receive budget, fiscal, administrative, and clerical services from the Department. The Department will utilize its professional licensing board section (the PLB) in performing these services. In return, each board or commission shall reimburse to the Department the expenses incurred by the PLB performing the work for the board or commission at the rates described below: - (i) Administrative fee - this is calculated as a percentage of the cost of payroll, including salary, overtime, and benefits, for all PLB employees providing services to the boards and commissions, hereinafter referred to as total payroll. For instance, if the PLB employees spend ten percent (10%) of their time providing services to a specific board or commission, that board or commission is responsible to reimburse the Department ten percent (10%) of the PLBs total payroll.
- (ii) Telephone charges, including conference calls and long distance phone calls;
- (v) Information technology costs; and
- (vi) Other necessary expenses incurred by the PLB in providing the necessary services.
(b) The above mentioned expenses and rates shall be memorialized in a written interagency service agreement between the board or commission and the PLB.
(c) The service agreement shall contain, at a minimum, the following: - (i) Description of all PLB services provided to the board or commission;
- (ii) Description of the boards or commissions responsibilities; and
- (iii) Description of how the PLBs expenses will be calculated and billed to the board or commission.