1. (a) Athletic trainers shall be required to pay the following fees: Total fee to mail with exam/certification application: $125.00 Licensure by Examination/Certification Application Fee: $25.00 Licensure by Examination/Certification Initial Licensure Fee: $100.00 Total fee to mail with application: $75.00 Licensure by Exam/Certification/Reciprocity for full time graduate students already BOC Certified Application Fee: $25.00 Licensure by Exam/Certification/Reciprocity for full time graduate students already BOC Certified Initial Licensure Fee: $50.00 Total fee to mail with reciprocity application: $125.00 Licensure by Reciprocity Application Fee: $25.00 Licensure by Reciprocity Initial Licensure Fee: $100.00 Total fee to mail with application: $325.00* Temporary Permit Application Fee: $25.00 Temporary Permit Licensure Fee $300.00** (quarterly) *The application fee is due only once with the first temporary permit application. A reminder of quarterly payment due will not be sent to the person holding a temporary permit. Unpaid quarterly permits become inactive on the 10th day after the quarterly payment fee deadline. **This fee is a total of $1200.00 annually, but it can be paid on a quarterly basis.

2. (b) The Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training shall waive the initial licensing fee if the applicant:

   1. (1) Is receiving assistance through the:

      1. (A) Arkansas Medicaid Program;
      2. (B) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;
      3. (C) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;
      4. (D) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; or
      5. (E) Lifeline Assistance Program;
   2. (2) Was approved for unemployment within the last twelve (12) months; or
   3. (3) Has an income that does not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty income guidelines.

3. (c) License renewals.

   1. (1) Licenses are effective from July 1 to June 30 of the following year.
   2. (2) Renewal fees are due upon receipt of the renewal notice.
   3. (3) Those graduate students already BOC certified must provide a letter from a responsible party at the university where they have full-time graduate student status indicating their full-time student status.
   4. (4) Unrenewed licenses become inactive as of July 1.
   5. (5) To return to regular status, a reactivation fee must be paid in addition to the renewal fee.
   6. (6) Licenses reactivated after September 30 will be assessed a late fee in addition to the renewal fee and the reactivation fee.

   7. (7) License renewal fees:

      1. (A) Renewal fee, fifty dollars ($50.00);
      2. (B) Renewal fee for graduate student already BOC certified, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
      3. (C) Reactivation fee, seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and
      4. (D) Late fee, one hundred dollars ($100).

Codification Notes: “BOC” means the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer.