Sec. 23. (a) The board shall establish appropriate fees to carry out this chapter.

     (b) All fees are nonrefundable. A receipt shall be issued for all fees and fines submitted.

     (c) All fees collected under this section shall be transferred to the treasurer of state and deposited in the general fund of the state.

     (d) The board shall adopt rules to establish fines for violation of an article listed in IC 25-26 or a rule adopted under IC 25-26-13-4, IC 25-26-14-13 or IC 35-48-3-1.

     (e) A fine collected by the board shall be transferred to the treasurer of state and deposited in the state general fund.

     (f) No fine established under subsection (d) shall be less than twenty-five dollars ($25).

     (g) At the time of license renewal, each licensed pharmacist shall pay a renewal fee, a part of which shall be used for the rehabilitation of impaired pharmacists. Notwithstanding subsection (c), the lesser of the following amounts from fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the impaired pharmacists account of the state general fund established by section 30 of this chapter:

(1) Sixteen percent (16%) of the license renewal fee for each license renewed under this section.

(2) The amount per license needed to operate the impaired pharmacists program, as determined by the Indiana professional licensing agency.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.276, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.193; P.L.169-1985, SEC.93; P.L.152-1988, SEC.22; P.L.188-1995, SEC.5; P.L.1-2003, SEC.76; P.L.182-2003, SEC.3; P.L.1-2006, SEC.463.