10A NCAC 15 .1423         FEES AND PAYMENT

(a)  Annual fees established in this Rule shall be due on the first day of July of each year.

(b)  Notwithstanding Paragraph (a) of this Rule, when a new registration is issued by the agency after the first day of July of any year, the initial fee is due on the date of issuance of the registration.

(c)  The initial fee in Paragraph (b) of this Rule shall be computed as follows:

(1)           When any new registration is issued before the first day of January of any year, the initial fee is the full amount specified in this Rule; and

(2)           When any new registration is issued on or after the first day of January of any year, the initial fee is one-half of the amount specified in this Rule.

(d)  Each registrant may pay all fees by cash, check, or money order as follows:

(1)           Checks or money orders shall be made payable to "Radiation Protection Section," and mailed to 1645 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1600 or delivered to the agency office at 5505 Creedmoor Road, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612; and

(2)           Cash payments shall be made only by appointment by calling the agency at 919/814-2250 and delivered to the agency office at 5505 Creedmoor Road, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612.

(e)  Within five days after the due dates established in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule, the agency shall mail to each registrant who has not already submitted payment a notice that indicates the due date, the amount of fees due, and the delinquent date.

(f)  Payment of fees established in this Rule shall be delinquent if not received by the agency within 60 days after the due date specified in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.

(g)  If a registrant remits a fee in the form of a check or other instrument that is uncollectible from the paying institution, the agency shall notify the registrant by certified mail and allow the registrant 15 days to correct the matter, including payment of any fee charged to the agency by a banking institution.

(h)  If payment of fees is uncollectible from the paying institution or not submitted to the agency by the delinquent date, the agency shall institute legal action to collect.

(i)  Annual fees for persons registered pursuant to provisions of this Section are as listed in the following table:

Type of registered facility	Letters appearing in registration number	Facility plus first piece of tanning equipment	Each additional piece of tanning equipment
Tanning Facility	B	$200.00	$30.00

History Note:        Authority G.S. 104E-9(a)(8); 104E-19(a);

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2011; August 1, 2007; August 1, 2002;

Transferred and Recodified from 15A NCAC 11 .1423 Eff. February 1, 2015;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2016;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. June 22, 2019.