§ 7.43. Expiration and renewal of licenses.

 (a)  Licenses issued by the Board expire at biennial intervals. A license renewal application is mailed to each licensee approximately 4 weeks before the license expiration date. Renewal of the license is accomplished by submission of the license renewal application and the license renewal fee prescribed in §  7.2 (relating to fees).

 (b)  A licensee who fails to file the biennial renewal application or pay the required biennial renewal fee by the renewal date shall have the license classified as unregistered. As long as a licensee holds an unregistered license, the licensee is not permitted to practice in this Commonwealth. A licensee who practices during a period in which the license was unregistered shall be required to pay a penalty fee of $5, as prescribed in §  7.2, for each month or part of a month that the licensee practices since the expiration of the biennial renewal and may be subject to disciplinary proceedings before the Board or criminal prosecution, or both.

   The provisions of this §  7.43 amended under sections 5 and 11 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P. L. 242, No. 86) (63 P. S. § §  511 and 517).

   The provisions of this §  7.43 adopted September 12, 1975, effective September 13, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 2391; amended May 24, 1991, effective May 25, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 2479. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (135622).

   This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §  43a.7 (relating to schedule of civil penalties—cosmetologists, manicurists, cosmeticians, shops).