The department is authorized to charge an application fee, a license fee, a license renewal fee, or a similar fee; and the amount of such fees shall be established by the Board of Community Health.Each fee so established shall be reasonable and shall be determined in such a manner that the total of the fees charged shall approximate the total of the direct and the indirect costs to the state of the operation of the licensing program.Fees may be refunded for good cause as determined by the department.
(Code 1981, §31-7-304, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 959, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 31/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-5/HB 228.)