(a) Licenses shall expire on July 31 of each year unless renewed under these rules. The Board shall mail a renewal notice to active licensees at their address of record on or before May 1 of each year. The Board shall issue a renewal license to a licensee who meets all requirements for renewal.
(b) License renewal applications shall be postmarked no later than June 1 in order to ensure timely processing. - (i) Renewal applications postmarked after June 1 are subject to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) late fee.
- (ii) Licensees may submit a renewal application up to one (1) year after the expiration of the license. Once the license expires, the licensee may not practice until the renewal is issued by the Board.
(c) The Board will use an audit system to review continuing education hours obtained by the licensee. - (i) Every even year 10% of current licensees will be selected at random and required to submit verification of the thirty-two (32) hours of continuing education hours as outlined in Chapter 2, Section 3.
- (ii) Licensees selected for audit will be notified by June 10 every even year. Audited licensees shall submit documentation verifying their completion of continuing education hours. Licensees shall have twenty (20) days from the date of notification to submit documentation.
- (iii) Licensees subject to a penalty under subsection (b) of this section must also submit to an audit of their continuing education compliance.
(d) If a license is suspended under these rules, the licensee shall submit a renewal application and fee, otherwise, the suspended license will expire. - (i) Renewal of a suspended license shall not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other conduct or activity in violation of the order of judgment by which the license was suspended.
(e) A license revoked on disciplinary grounds is subject to expiration as provided in the Act but it may not be renewed. The licensee, as a condition of reinstatement, shall meet license requirements for new licensees and shall pay a reinstatement fee set by the Board.