401.34 Fees. ---
(1) Each organization or person subject to this part must pay to
the department the following nonrefundable fees:
(a) Basic life support service license application: $660, to be paid
biennially.
(b) Advanced life support service license application: $1,375, to be
paid biennially.
(c) Original or renewal vehicle permit application for basic or
advanced life support: $25, to be paid biennially.
(d) Emergency medical technician certification examination
application: $40.
(e) Emergency medical technician original certificate application:
$35.
(f) Emergency medical technician renewal certificate application:
$20, to be paid biennially.
(g) Paramedic certification examination application: $40.
(h) Paramedic original certificate application: $45.
(i) Paramedic renewal certificate application: $45, to be paid
biennially.
(j) Air ambulance service application: $1,375, to be paid
biennially.
(k) Original or renewal aircraft permit application for air
ambulance: $25, to be paid biennially.
(2) Fees collected under this section must be deposited to the
credit of the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund and must be applied solely
for salaries and expenses of the department incurred in implementing and
enforcing this part.
(3) A volunteer emergency medical services provider licensed by
the department and persons actively serving with the provider without pay are
not required to pay any of the fees set by the department for licensure,
vehicle permits, or personnel certification. A licensee that charges any
service fee is not entitled to this exemption. An emergency medical
technician or paramedic certificate issued in accordance with this volunteer
fee exemption provision is invalid while the certificateholder is performing
his or her duties in a paid capacity.
(4)
(a) If a certificate, license, or permit issued under this part is
lost or destroyed, the person or entity to whom the certificate, license, or
permit was issued may, upon payment of a fee to be set by the department not
to exceed $10, obtain a duplicate, or substitute thereof.
(b) Upon surrender of the original emergency medical technician or
paramedic certificate and receipt of a replacement fee to be set by the
department not to exceed $10, the department shall issue a replacement
certificate to make a change in name.
(5) The department may provide same-day grading of the
examination for an applicant for emergency medical technician or paramedic
certification. The department must provide procedures for implementing
same-day grading in its rules.
(6) The department may by rule offer walk-in eligibility
determination and examination to applicants for emergency medical technician
or paramedic certification who pay to the department a nonrefundable fee to be
set by the department not to exceed $65. The fee is in addition to the
certification fee and examination fee. The department must establish
locations and times for eligibility determination and examination.
(7) The cost of emergency medical technician or paramedic
certification examination review may not exceed $50.
History: s. 14, ch. 73-126; s. 2, ch. 74-334; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-174;
s. 4, ch. 77-347; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 15. 24, 25, ch.
82-402; ss. 7, 12, 13, ch. 83-196; s. 15, ch. 84-317; s. 62, ch. 86-220; ss.
16, 36, ch. 92-78; s. 798, ch. 95-148.