37-13-306. Renewal -- fee -- military exemption. (1) The license to practice acupuncture must be renewed on a date set by the department, without examination and upon request of the licensee. The request for renewal must be on forms prescribed by the board and accompanied by a renewal fee prescribed by the board. The request and fee must be in the hands of the secretary of the board not later than the expiration date of the license.
     (2) Immediately following the renewal date, the secretary shall notify all licensees from whom requests for renewal, accompanied by the renewal fee, have not been received that their licenses have expired and that they will be canceled and revoked upon the records of the board unless a request for renewal and reinstatement, accompanied by the renewal fee and an additional fee prescribed by the board, is in the hands of the secretary within 30 days of the renewal date.
     (3) If the licensee fails to renew within 30 days following the renewal date, the secretary of the board shall cancel and revoke upon the board's records all licenses that have not been renewed or reinstated as provided by this chapter and shall notify the licensees whose licenses are revoked of the action.
     (4) A licensee who allows the license to lapse by failing to renew or reinstate the license as provided in this section may subsequently reinstate the license upon good cause shown to the satisfaction of the board and upon payment of all renewal fees then accrued plus an additional fee prescribed by the board for each renewal period following the cancelling of the license.
     (5) A person actively engaged in the military service of the United States and licensed to practice acupuncture as provided in this part is not required to pay the renewal fee or make application for renewal until the renewal date of the calendar period in which the person returns from military service to civilian or inactive status.

     History: En. 66-3410 by Sec. 10, Ch. 317, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3410; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 345, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 540, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 492, L. 1997.