California Regulations 18 479

(a) All physicians, regardless of the numberof comprehensive medical-legal evaluations performed under Section 17 shallpay the required QME fees at yearly intervals within 30 days of receipt of noticefrom the Council that the QME fee for the next twelve months is due and payable.No physician who has passed the competency examination shall be placed on theactive QME roster until the appropriate fee under Section 15 has been paid.

(b) Any QME who fails to pay the required statutoryfee within 30 days of receipt of a final notice that the fee is due shall benotified that he or she shall be terminated from the official QME roster ofphysicians within 30 days and shall not perform any panel QME or representedQME comprehensive medical-legal evaluation until the fees paid. If the fee isnot paid within two years from the due date in the QMEs final notice from theCouncil that the fee is due, then the physician shall re submit a new applicationpursuant to Sections 10 and 11, pass the QME competency examination and paythe appropriate fee prior to regain QME eligibility.

History: renumbering of former section 16 tosection 18 filed 4/14/00.