The board of nursing is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect fees for institutes, conferences and other educational programs offered by the board under subsection (c)(4) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-1106, and amendments thereto. The fees shall be fixed in order to recover the cost to the board for providing such programs. The executive administrator of the board shall remit all moneys received by the board from fees collected under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the education conference fund which is hereby created. All expenditures from such fund shall be for the operating expenditures of providing such programs and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the president of the board or by a person designated by the president.