1266.5. (a) Whenever any entity required to pay fees pursuant to Section 1266 continues to operate beyond its license expiration date, without the Licensing and Certification Program renewal fees first having been paid as required by this division, those fees are delinquent.
(b) A late payment penalty shall be added to any delinquent fees due with an application for license renewal made later than midnight of the license expiration date. The late payment penalty shall be computed as follows:
(1) For a delinquency period of 30 days or less, the penalty shall be 10 percent of the fee.
(2) For a delinquency period of more than 30 days to and including 60 days, the penalty shall be 20 percent of the fee.
(3) For a delinquency period of more than 60 days, the penalty shall be 60 percent of the fee.
(c) The department may, upon written notification to the licensee, offset any moneys owed to the licensee by the Medi-Cal program or any other payment program administered by the department, to recoup the license renewal fee and any associated late payment penalties.
(d) No license may be renewed without payment of the Licensing and Certification Program fee plus any late payment penalty.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 74, Sec. 7. Effective July 12, 2006.)
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