Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee of five hundred dollars to be submitted at the time the letter of intent is filed. The division shall remit all application fees to the State Treasurer for credit to the Professional and Occupational Credentialing Cash Fund. The application fee shall not be refundable, but the director may waive all or part of the fee if he or she finds it to be in the public interest to do so. Such a finding by the director may include, but shall not be limited to, circumstances in which the director determines that the application would be eligible for review and:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-6223.01

  • Credentialing: shall mean the process of regulating health professions by means of registration, certification, or licensure. See Nebraska Statutes 71-6207.01
  • Director: shall mean the Director of Public Health of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-6208
  • Division: shall mean the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-6208.01
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) The applicant group is an agency of state government;

(2) Members of the applicant group will not be materially affected by the implementation of the proposed regulation or change in scope of practice; or

(3) Payment of the application fee would impose unreasonable hardship on members of the applicant group.