(a)
(1) A license or reregistration fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Arkansas State Medical Board by each respiratory care practitioner who holds a license to practice respiratory care in the State of Arkansas.
(2) The reregistration fee shall be paid before or during the birth month of the license holder beginning in 1998, and each year thereafter. During the implementation year of 1998, fees shall be prorated.
(3) Failure to reregister and pay the fee by the last day of the birth month of the license holder shall cause the license of any person so failing to reregister to expire automatically.
(b)
(1) Any delinquent license of less than five (5) years may be reinstated by paying all delinquent fees and a penalty not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each year or part of a year it has been delinquent.
(2) Any person who shall fail to reregister and pay the annual license fee for five (5) or more consecutive years shall be required to be reexamined by the board before the license may be reinstated.