1. 1. Initial license fee:

1. a. Application for license received on or after January first of the even-numbered year and before July first of the even-numbered year \$300.00

2. b. Application for license received on or after July first of the even-numbered year and before January first of the odd-numbered year \$250.00

3. c. Application for license received on or after January first of the odd-numbered year and before July first of the odd-numbered year \$150.00

4. d. Application for license received on or after July first of the odd-numbered year and before January first of the even-numbered year \$100.00

2. 2. Biennial renewal of license fee \$300.00

3. 3. Private practice initial fee \$200.00

4. 4. Late fee \$200.00

5. 5. Annual continuing education provider approval fee \$250.00

6. 6. Provider continuing education program approval fee \$50.00

7. 7. Fee for mailing list \$50.00

8. 8. Written examination fee is the national testing agency fee plus an additional board administrative fee of fifty dollars.

9. 9. An individual who is granted a license to practice addiction counseling on or after July 1, 2018, who meets the academic requirements for a licensed master addiction counselor and has completed the two thousand hours of clinical training shall pay an administrative fee of seventy-five dollars at the time of application.

The fees assessed by the board are nonrefundable.

History: Effective January 1, 2002; amended effective January 1, 2008; April 1, 2009; July 1, 2014; July 1, 2018; October 1, 2025.

General Authority: NDCC 43-45-04

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-45-04, 43-45-07