The following fees shall be collected by the board and shall be credited to the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund:

(a) The veterinarian license application fee shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350).

(b) The Veterinary Medicine Practice Act course fee shall be set by the board in an amount it determines reasonably necessary to provide sufficient funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).

(c)  The initial veterinarian license fee shall be set by the board not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).

(d) The biennial veterinarian license renewal fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500).

(e) The university licensee application fee shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350).

(f) The initial university license fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500).

(g) The biennial university licensee renewal fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500).

(h) The delinquency fee shall be fifty dollars ($50).

(i) The fee for issuance of a duplicate license, registration, or permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

(j) Any charge made for duplication or other services shall be set at the cost of rendering the service, except as specified in subdivision (i).

(k) The fee for failure to report a change in the mailing address shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

(l) The initial veterinary premises registration fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500) annually.

(m) The annual veterinary premises registration renewal fee shall be five hundred twenty-five dollars ($525).

(n) The registered veterinary technician application fee shall be two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).

(o) The initial registered veterinary technician registration fee shall be two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).

(p) The biennial registered veterinary technician renewal fee shall be two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).

(q) The veterinary assistant controlled substance permit application fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100).

(r) The veterinary assistant controlled substance permit fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100).

(s) The biennial veterinary assistant controlled substance permit renewal fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100).

(t) The veterinary assistant controlled substance permit delinquency fee shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee for such permit in effect on the date of the renewal of the permit, but shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(u) The fee for filing an application for approval of a school or institution offering a curriculum for training registered veterinary technicians pursuant to Section 4843 shall be set by the board at an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300). The school or institution shall also pay for the reasonable regulatory costs incident to an onsite inspection conducted by the board pursuant to Section 2065.6 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations.

(v) If the money transferred from the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund to the General Fund pursuant to the Budget Act of 1991 is redeposited into the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund, the fees assessed by the board shall be reduced correspondingly. However, the reduction shall not be so great as to cause the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund to have a reserve of less than three months of annual authorized board expenditures. The fees set by the board shall not result in a Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund reserve of more than 10 months of annual authorized board expenditures.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 631, Sec. 42. (AB 1535) Effective January 1, 2022.)