37-3-313. Renewal fees -- failure to pay -- limiting authority to impose renewal fees. (1) In addition to the license fees required of applicants, a licensed physician actively practicing medicine in this state shall pay to the department a renewal fee as prescribed by the board.
     (2) The payments for renewal must be made prior to the expiration date of the license, as set forth in a department rule. The department shall mail renewal notices before the renewal is due.
     (3) Except as provided in 37-1-138, in case of default in the payment of the renewal fee by a person licensed to practice medicine who is actively practicing medicine in this state, the underlying license to practice medicine may be considered lapsed by the board.
     (4) A license or renewal fee may not be imposed on a licensee under this chapter by a municipality or any other subdivision of the state.

     History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 350, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 533, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1042; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 345, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 492, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 224, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 271, L. 2003.