37.12.310    LICENSURE FEES

(1) The following fees calculated on a flat fee yearly schedule, must be submitted to the department, under the circumstances noted, by laboratories conducting analyses of public water supplies. All licensure fees are due January 1 of each calendar year. New laboratories that wish to be licensed prior to July 1 will pay full licensure fees; after July 1 of the fiscal year the licensure fees will be prorated 50%:

(a) $250 with an application for an initial microbiology, inorganic chemistry, or organic chemistry license. This application fee will only be charged when issuing a first-time license or issuing a new license after a license has lapsed;

(b) $550 licensure fee for an organic chemistry license for an in-state laboratory;

(c) $990 licensure fee for an organic chemistry license for a laboratory licensed by reciprocity;

(d) $350 licensure fee for an inorganic chemistry license for an in-state laboratory;

(e) $600 licensure fee for an inorganic chemistry license for a laboratory licensed by reciprocity;

(f) $350 licensure fee for a microbiology license for an in-state laboratory;

(g) $600 licensure fee for a microbiology license for a laboratory licensed by reciprocity;

(h) $300 plus travel expenses for an inspection to determine if the holder of a conditional license qualifies for a full license or for a second inspection during the three-year term of a license that is necessary for approval of a new laboratory location; there is no charge for one inspection during the term of the license;

(i) $125 per day for training in the environmental laboratory;

(j) $300 per day, plus travel expenses of environmental laboratory staff, for on-site training and technical assistance outside of licensure inspections by the Laboratory Services Bureau staff.

History: 50-1-202, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 291, Eff. 2/12/99; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 1230, Eff. 6/4/99; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2442, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 2286, Eff. 10/28/11.