§1135.4. Ambulance services; fees

            Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate an ambulance service shall pay the following fees to the department, as applicable:

            (1) An initial licensing fee of one hundred fifty dollars, to be submitted with the initial application for a license.

            (2) An annual license renewal fee of one hundred dollars, to be submitted with each annual application for renewal of a license.

            (3) A delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for failure to timely pay an annual license renewal fee. Such delinquent fee shall be assessed and shall become due and payable at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-sixth day following the date of the invoice by which the department bills the applicant or licensee for the annual license renewal fee.

            (4) A vehicle inspection fee of seventy-five dollars for each ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle, which shall be submitted with the initial application for a license, with each annual application for renewal of a license, and with each application for a permit for a vehicle added to service by the applicant.

            (5) A delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for each ambulance and emergency medical response vehicle, for failure to timely pay a vehicle inspection fee. Such delinquent fee shall be assessed and shall become due and payable at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-sixth day following the date of the invoice by which the department bills the applicant or licensee for the vehicle inspection fee.

            (6) A change of address fee of ten dollars for each change of address.

            (7) A duplicate license fee of ten dollars for each duplicate license.

            Acts 1999, No. 1113, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1235.3 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.