Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.20 – Expiration and renewals; fees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.20
- Board: means the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists, provided for by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
- certificate holder: means the recognition granted by the board and its issuance of a certificate to any individual seeking such recognition as a geoscientist in training, who has been successfully examined and is otherwise in good standing with the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
- Geoscientist: means a person qualified to engage in the practice of geoscience because of the person's knowledge, acquired through education and practical experience, of geoscience, mathematics, and the supporting physical, chemical, mineralogical, morphological, and life sciences. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
- Licensee: means any person practicing or seeking to practice geoscience in the state of Louisiana who has received a license from the board and is otherwise in good standing with the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
- licensure: means the recognition granted by the board and its issuance of a license to any person to practice geoscience in the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
- Person: means any individual. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:711.2
A. Licensure and certification shall expire at a time specified by the board and shall become invalid after that date unless renewed. It shall be the duty of the executive secretary of the board to notify by letter to his last known address each licensee and certificate holder of the date of the expiration of the license or certificate and the requirements for its renewal. The notice shall be mailed at least one month in advance of the expiration of such license or certificate. Renewal of licensure as a professional geoscientist or geoscientist-in-training may be effected at any time during the two months prior to expiration by the payment of a fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per year at the discretion of the board. The board shall not increase the renewal fee by more than twenty dollars in any one-year period.
B. Any person who renews his license or certificate within one hundred twenty days of the expiration of such license or certificate shall not be deprived of the right of renewal.
C. A maximum fee for late renewal shall be established by the board, but shall not exceed three times the normal renewal fee.
Acts 2010, No. 974, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2013, No. 36, §1.