North Carolina § 90A-63 - Renewal of certificates.

§ 90A-63. Renewal of certificates.

A certificate as a registered environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article will expire on the thirty-first day of December of the current year and must be renewed annually on or before the first day of January. Each application for renewal must be accompanied by a renewal fee to be determined by the Board, but not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00). However, for renewals postmarked before January 1 of each year, the renewal fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). Registrations expired for failure to pay renewal fees may be reinstated under the rules and regulations adopted by the Board. A registered environmental health specialist shall complete any continuing education requirements specified by the Board for renewal of a certificate. History (1959, c. 1271, s. 10; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1274, s. 2; 1989, c. 545, s. 3; 2009-443, s. 12.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-443, s. 12, effective August 7, 2009, in subsection (a), substituted "environmental health specialist or registered environmental health specialist intern" for "sanitarian or sanitarian intern" in the first sentence, substituted "one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00)" for "thirty-five dollars ($35.00)" in the second sentence, and rewrote the last sentence, which formerly read: "The Board is authorized to charge an extra five dollar late renewal fee for renewals made after the first day of January of each year"; and in subsection (c), substituted "environmental health specialist" for "sanitarian."