(a) The schedule of fees is as follows:
(1) Application for registered geologist, twenty dollars ($20.00);
(2) Initial or comity registration, sixty dollars ($60.00);
(3) Geologist-in-training certificate, ten dollars ($10.00);
(4) Geologist-in-training certificate renewal fee, twenty dollars ($20.00);
(5) Geologist registration renewal fee, a maximum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per year to be set by the State Board of Registration for Professional Geologists; and
(6) Temporary work permit fee, a maximum of six hundred dollars ($600) per occurrence to be set by the board.
(b) The registration shall expire on a date to be set by rule by the board.
(c) Late renewal applications submitted during a six-month penalty period following expiration must be accompanied by a fee equal to the renewal fee plus a fifty percent (50%) penalty fee.
(d)
(1) Registrations not renewed before the end of the six-month penalty period shall not be subject to renewal.
(2) Any consideration for registration reinstatement after the six-month penalty period shall be at the discretion of the board and requires submission of a reinstatement application with the required reinstatement fee of two (2) times the renewal fee.
(e) The date of the filing fee when transmitted through the mail shall be that date shown by the post office cancellation mark appearing on the envelope containing the fee.