Section 141.505  Waiver of Fees

The Office, at its sole discretion, may waive the fee required by Section 141.500(e) if the department demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Division Director, all of the following:

a)         The department is volunteer or paid on call;

b)         There is no fee charged any attendee for the class, not including instructional materials;

c)         Attendance at the examination by department personnel would reduce the level of available responders below minimum safety standards;

d)         Attendance at a regularly scheduled examination would cause detrimental effects on attendees' full-time job responsibilities;

e)         The department budget is less than 100 times the cost of the examination; or

f)          The department makes a specific request and provides justification for an exemption.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5780, effective April 2, 2009)