(A) The director of health shall charge the following fees: (1) To apply as an environmental health specialist in training, fifty dollars; (2) For an environmental health specialist in training to apply for registration as an environmental health specialist, fifty dollars. (3) For persons other than environmental health specialists in training to apply for registration as environmental health specialists, one hundred dollars. (4) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist is seventy-five dollars. (5) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist in training is thirty-five dollars. (6) For late application for renewal, an additional seventy-five dollars. The director, with the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in this section, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by this section by more than fifty per cent. (B) The director shall charge a fee for the examination required by section 3776.06 of the Revised Code, provided that the fee is not in excess of the actual cost to the department of health of conducting the examinations. (C) The director may adopt rules establishing fees for all of the following: (1) Application for the registration of a training agency approved under rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 3776.07 of the Revised Code and for the annual registration renewal of an approved training agency; (2) Application for the review of continuing education hours submitted for the director's approval by approved training agencies or by registered environmental health specialists or environmental health specialists in training; (3) Additional copies of pocket identification cards and wall certificates. (D) Any fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The director shall use the money collected from such fees for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it. Renumbered from § 4736.12 and amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§130.40, eff. 10/3/2023.Amended by 133rd General Assembly, HB 442,§1, eff. 4/12/2021.Amended by 132nd General Assembly, HB 49,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.Amended by 131st General Assembly, HB 64,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.Amended by 129th General Assembly, HB 153, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 06-30-2005