(a) Upon issuance of a new license and at each license renewal period, each behavior analyst shall pay, in addition to a license fee or renewal fee, a surcharge of $50, which shall be maintained in a separate account within the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o). At the end of each quarter, the moneys contained in the separate account established pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the compliance resolution fund until such time that the total transferred amounts equal the amount appropriated in section 5 of Act 199, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015. Thereafter, no surcharge shall be assessed, and any funds in excess of the amount appropriated in section 5 of Act 199, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, shall be deposited into the compliance resolution fund.(b) Application fees paid pursuant to this chapter shall not be refundable. Pursuant to section 26-9(l), the director shall establish examination, reexamination, license, renewal, restoration, enforcement, and other fees relating to the administration of this chapter by rule.(c) Fees assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be used to defray costs incurred by the department in implementing this chapter.
