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Title 3 : Executive
Chapter 005 : Secretary of State
Subchapter 003 : PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 125)-
§ 125. Fees
(a) In addition to the fees otherwise authorized by law, a board or advisor profession may charge the following fees:
(1) Verification of license, $20.00.
(2) An examination fee established by the Secretary, which shall be not greater than the costs associated with examinations.
(3) Reinstatement fees for expired licenses pursuant to section 127 (unauthorized practice) of this title.
(4) Continuing, qualifying, or prelicensing education course approval:
(A) Provider, $100.00.
(B) Individual, $25.00.
(5) A preapplication criminal background determination, $25.00.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the following fees shall apply to all professions regulated by the Director in consultation with advisor appointees under Title 26:
(1) Application for registration, $100.00, except application for:
(A) Private investigator and security services employees, unarmed registrants, $70.00.
(B) Private investigator and security service employees, transitory permits, $70.00.
(C) Private investigator and security service employees, armed registrants, $140.00.
(2) Application for licensure or certification, $115.00, except application for:
(A) Barbering or cosmetology schools and shops, $355.00.
(B) Funeral directors, embalmers, disposition facility personnel, removal personnel, funeral establishments, disposition facilities, and limited services establishments, $85.00.
(C) Application for real estate appraisers, $315.00.
(D) Temporary real estate appraiser license, $175.00.
(E) Appraisal management company registration, $685.00.
(F) Private investigator or security services agency, $390.00.
(G) Private investigator and security services agency, $460.00.
(H) Private investigator or security services sole proprietor, $250.00.
(I) Private investigator or security services unarmed licensee, $175.00.
(J) Private investigator or security services armed licensee, $230.00.
(K) Private investigator and security services instructor, $140.00.
(L) Barbers, cosmetologists, nail technicians, and estheticians, $120.00.
(M) Massage therapist, bodyworker, or touch professional, $90.00.
(N) Optician, $145.00.
(O) Physical therapists and assistants, $120.00.
(P) Independent clinical social workers and master’s social workers, $120.00.
[Subdivision (b)(2)(Q) effective July 1,2025 until July 1, 2027; see also subdivision (b)(2)(Q) effective July 1, 2027, set out below.]
(Q) Peer support providers or peer recovery support specialists, $50.00.
[Subdivision (b)(2)(Q) effective July 1, 2027; see also subdivision (b)(2)(Q) effective until July 1, 2025, set out above.]
(Q) Peer support providers or peer recovery support specialists, $75.00.
(3) Optician trainee registration, $75.00.
(4) Biennial renewal, $275.00, except biennial renewal for:
(A) Independent clinical social workers and master’s social workers, $180.00.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(B) effective until July 1, 2025; see also subdivision (b)(4)(B) effective July 1, 2025 set out below.]
(B) Occupational therapists and assistants, $180.00.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(B) effective July 1, 2025; see also subdivision (b)(4)(B) effective until July 1, 2025 set out above.]
(B) Occupational therapists and assistants, $180.00, except that a licensee of a remote state under the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact established in 26 V.S.A. chapter 71, subchapter 2 shall pay a biennial $50.00 privilege to practice fee.
(C) Physical therapists and assistants, $180.00, except that a licensee of a remote state under the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact established in 26 V.S.A. chapter 38, subchapter 5 shall pay a biennial $50.00 privilege to practice fee.
(D) Optician trainees, $135.00.
(E) Barbers, cosmetologists, nail technicians, and estheticians, $155.00.
(F) Schools of barbering or cosmetology, $355.00.
(G) Funeral directors and embalmers, $415.00.
(H) Disposition facility personnel and removal personnel, $150.00.
(I) Funeral establishments, disposition facilities, and limited services establishments, $945.00.
(J) [Repealed.]
(K) Radiologic therapist, radiologic technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, $175.00.
(L) Certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor, certified apprentice addiction professional, and licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor, $260.00.
(M) Private investigator or security services agency, or both, $345.00.
(N) Private investigator or security services unarmed licensee, $140.00.
(O) Private investigator or security services armed licensee, $205.00.
(P) Private investigator or security services unarmed registrant, $95.00.
(Q) Private investigator or security services armed registrant, $150.00.
(R) Private investigator or security services sole proprietor, $250.00.
(S) Private investigator or security services instructor, $205.00.
(T) Barbering or cosmetology shop, $285.00.
(U) A licensee of a remote state under the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact established in 26 V.S.A. chapter 87, subchapter 2 shall pay a biennial $50.00 privilege to practice fee.
[Subdivision (b)(4)(V) effective July 1, 2025.]
(V) Peer support providers or peer recovery support specialists, $50.00.
(5) Limited temporary license or work permit, $60.00.
(6) Radiologic evaluation, $125.00.
(7) Annual renewal for appraisal management company registration, $345.00.
(8) Real estate appraiser trainee, $115.00.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a board shall not require payment of renewal fees for years during which a license was lapsed.
(d) Pursuant to qualifications and procedures determined by the Director, the Office shall, upon request, waive application fees to qualified military members and military spouses. (Added 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 3; 1997, No. 59, § 45, eff. June 30, 1997; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 45; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 21, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 2; 2005, No. 72, § 7; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. 38, § 1, eff. May 28, 2015; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018; 2019, No. 70, § 13; 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 1, 2021; 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. June 1, 2023; 2023, No. 35, § 3, eff. July 1, 2024; 2023, No. 36, § 6, eff. July 1, 2024; 2023, No. 77, § 14, eff. June 20, 2023; 2023, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2025; 2023, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2025; 2023, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 3a, eff. July 1, 2027.)
