61G5-24.002. Original Cosmetologist Licensure Fee, Cosmetologist Examination and Endorsement Fees, Initial Specialist Registration; Application and Endorsement Fees

61G5-24.002 Original Cosmetologist Licensure Fee, Cosmetologist Examination and Endorsement Fees, Initial Specialist Registration; Application and Endorsement Fees. (1) The following fees are adopted by the Board: (a) The fee for original licensure as a cosmetologist shall be forty dollars ($40.00) and shall be paid by all applicants for licensure. (b) The examination fee for licensure as a cosmetologist by examination shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). When the examination is not conducted by a professional testing service pursuant to Section 455.2171, F.S., the entire examination fee shall be payable to the Department. When the examination is conducted by a professional testing service pursuant to Section 455.2171, F.S., forty-nine dollars and fifty cents ($49.50) shall be payable to the professional testing service. (c) The application fee for licensure as a cosmetologist by endorsement shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). (d) The fee for initial registration as a specialist shall be forty dollars ($40.00), and shall be paid by all applicants for registration. (e) The application fee for registration as a specialist shall be thirty dollars ($30.00). (f) The fee for registration as a specialist by endorsement shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00). (2) Applicants for licensure as a cosmetologist by examination shall pay both the original licensure fee and that part of the examination fee which is payable to the Department at the time of their application. Any part of the examination fee which is payable to a professional testing service shall be paid to that service upon notification by the Department that the applicant’s application for licensure by examination has been approved. Applicants for licensure as a cosmetologist by endorsement shall pay both the original licensure fee and the application fee at the time of their application. Applicants for registration as a specialist shall pay both the initial registration fee and the application fee at the time of their application. Applicants for registration as a specialist by endorsement shall pay both the initial registration fee and the fee for registration as a specialist by endorsement at the time of their application.