Health Licensing Office Account; fees; record keeping; disposition of receipts

(1) The Health Licensing Office shall establish by rule and shall collect fees and charges to carry out the office’s responsibilities under ORS 676.560 to 676.625, 676.850 and 676.992 and any responsibility imposed on the office pertaining to the boards, councils and programs administered and regulated by the office pursuant to ORS 676.565. (2) The Health Licensing Office Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The account shall consist of the moneys credited to the account by the Legislative Assembly. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to and shall be used by the office for payment of expenses of the office in carrying out the duties, functions and obligations of the office, and for payment of the expenses of the boards, councils and programs administered and regulated by the office pursuant to ORS 676.565. The office shall keep a record of all moneys credited to the account and report the source from which the moneys are derived and the activity of each board, council or program that generated the moneys. (3) Subject to prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the fees and charges may not exceed the cost of administering the office and the boards, councils and programs within the office, as authorized by the Legislative Assembly within the office’s budget, as the budget may be modified by the Emergency Board. (4) All moneys credited to the account pursuant to ORS 676.576 and 676.806, and moneys credited to the account from other office and program fees established by the office by rule, are continuously appropriated to the office for carrying out the duties, functions and powers of the office under ORS 676.560 to 676.625, 676.806, 676.850 and 676.992. (5) The moneys received from civil penalties assessed under ORS 676.710, 676.725 and 676.992 shall be deposited and accounted for as are other moneys received by the office and shall be for the administration and enforcement of the statutes governing the boards, councils and programs administered by the office.