324.212. Applications for licensure, fees--renewal notices--dietitian fund established.

Applications for licensure, fees--renewal notices--dietitian fundestablished.

324.212. 1. Applications for licensure as a dietitian shall be inwriting, submitted to the committee on forms prescribed by the committeeand furnished to the applicant. The application shall contain theapplicant's statements showing the applicant's education, experience andsuch other information as the committee may require. Each applicationshall contain a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation andthat the information contained therein is true and correct to the bestknowledge and belief of the applicant, subject to the penalties providedfor the making of a false affidavit or declaration. Each applicationshall be accompanied by the fees required by the committee.

2. The division shall mail a renewal notice to the last known addressof each licensee prior to the renewal date. Failure to provide thecommittee with the information required for renewal, or to pay the renewalfee after such notice shall effect a noncurrent license. The license shallbe reinstated if, within two years of the renewal date, the applicantsubmits the required documentation and pays the applicable fees as approvedby the committee.

3. A new license to replace any license lost, destroyed or mutilatedmay be issued subject to the rules of the committee upon payment of a fee.

4. The committee shall set by rule the appropriate amount of feesauthorized herein. The fees shall be set at a level to produce revenuewhich shall not exceed the cost and expense of administering the provisionsof sections 324.200 to 324.225. All fees provided for in sections 324.200to 324.225 shall be collected by the director who shall transmit the fundsto the director of revenue to be deposited in the state treasury to thecredit of the "Dietitian Fund" which is hereby created.

5. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrarynotwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed tothe credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end ofthe biennium exceeds three times the amount of the appropriation from thedietitian fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in thefund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds theappropriate multiple of the appropriations from the dietitian fund for thepreceding fiscal year.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. merged with S.B. 650, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567 merged with S.B. 384, A.L. 2009 S.B. 296)