(a) The fees prescribed by this chapter are as follows:

1. (1) The application fee for reviewing an applicant’s eligibility to take the examination shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
2. (2) The application fee for persons applying for reciprocity consideration licensure under Section 1416.40 shall be fifty dollars ($50).
3. (3) The application fee for persons applying for the AIT Program shall be one hundred dollars ($100).

4. (4) The examination fees shall be:

   1. (A) Two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275) for an automated national examination.
   2. (B) Two hundred ten dollars ($210) for an automated state examination or one hundred forty dollars ($140) for a written state examination.
5. (5) The fee for an initial license shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190).
6. (6) The renewal fee for an active or inactive license shall be one hundred ninety dollars ($190).
7. (7) The delinquency fee shall be fifty dollars ($50).
8. (8) The duplicate license fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
9. (9) The fee for a provisional license shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
10. (10) The fee for endorsement of credentials to the licensing authority of another state shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
11. (11) The preceptor certification fee shall be fifty dollars ($50) for each three-year period.
12. (12) The biennial fee for approval of a continuing education provider shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
13. (13) The biennial fee for approval of a continuing education course shall be not more than fifteen dollars ($15).

(b)

1. (1) If the revenue projected to be collected is less than the projected costs for the budget year, the department may propose that fees be adjusted to an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory costs to the department. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, commencing February 1, 2013, and every February 1 thereafter, the department shall publish a list of proposed adjustments to fees pursuant to this section. The department shall make this list available to the public by submitting it to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature and by posting it on the department’s Internet Web site.
2. (2) The list described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(c)

1. (1) The department shall, within 30 days of the enactment of the annual Budget Act each year, publish a list of actual numerical fee charges as adjusted pursuant to this section. The final fee list, with an explanation of any adjustment, shall be published by both of the following means:

   1. (A) On the department’s Internet Web site.
   2. (B) In the initial licensing application package, by including a reference to the link to the department’s Internet Web site address as described in subparagraph (A).

2. (2)

   1. (A) This adjustment of fees and the publication of the fee list shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(d)

1. (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, by February 1 of each year, the department shall prepare a report containing the following information, and shall make this report available to the public by submitting it to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature and by posting it on the department’s Internet Web site, as required by Section 1266:

   1. (A) Estimates of costs to implement activities required by this chapter and estimated fee revenue.
   2. (B) Recommended adjustments to fees based on projected workload and costs.

   3. (C) An analysis containing the following information for the current fiscal year and each of the previous four fiscal years:

      1. (i) The number of persons applying for a nursing home administrator’s license, the number of nursing home administrator licenses approved or denied, and the number of nursing home administrator licenses renewed.
      2. (ii) The number of applicants taking the nursing home administrator exam and the number of applicants who pass or fail the exam.
      3. (iii) The number of persons applying for, accepted into, and completing the AIT Program.
      4. (iv) The number, source, and disposition of complaints made against persons in the AIT Program and licensed nursing home administrators, including the length of time between receipt of the complaint and completion of the investigation.
      5. (v) The number and type of final administrative, remedial, or disciplinary actions taken against licensed nursing home administrators.
      6. (vi) A listing of the names and nature of violations for individual licensed nursing home administrators, including final administrative, remedial, or disciplinary actions taken.
      7. (vii) The number of appeals, informal conferences, or hearings filed by nursing home administrators or held, the length of time between the request being filed and the final determination of the appeal, and the number of administrative, remedial, or disciplinary actions taken.
2. (2) The report required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.