[Amended 6-18-2013; 7-8-2014; 3-10-2015; 11-10-2015; 12-18-2018; 1-27-2026]
Type | Fee | Surcharge Fees | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Application fee/plan review: new establishment, renovation, or new applicant (body art, camp, disposal installer license, horse stable, retail food market, motel, hotel, new food service establishment with no floor plan changes) less than 8,000 square feet | $100 | |||
Application fee/plan review: new establishment or renovation (retail food market, motel, hotel, new food service establishment with no floor plan changes) 8,000 square feet or greater | $200 | |||
Application fee/plan review: new establishment, renovation, new floor plan or changes (swimming pool, food service establishment, supermarket) less than 8,000 square feet | $300 | |||
Application fee/plan review: new establishment, renovation, new floor plan or changes (food service establishment, supermarket) 8,000 square feet or greater | $500 | |||
Bed-and-breakfast permit | $55 | |||
Body art establishment permit Body art practitioner permit | $100 $50 | Late charge for renewals: add $10 if received after March 1 | ||
Burial permits | $5 | |||
Camp permit | $75 | |||
Computer print-out copies (page) | $0.50 | |||
Continental breakfast permit | $30 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: new construction without I/A or S.T.U. components | $150 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: new construction with I/A component(s) | $200 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: new construction with S.T.U. component(s) | $225 | |||
After hours inspections | ||||
Weekday 4:30 p.m. inspection | Additional $50 | |||
Weekend, holiday inspection | Additional $150 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: minor repair (i.e., replacement of distribution box, replacement of piping) | $75 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: repair [repair of conditionally passed systems and failed systems] without I/A or S.T.U. components | $100 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: repair [repair of conditionally passed systems and failed systems] with I/A components | $150 | |||
Disposal system construction permit: repair [repair of conditionally passed systems and failed system] with S.T.U. components | $175 | |||
After hours inspections | ||||
Weekday 4:30 p.m. inspection | Additional $50 | |||
Weekend, holiday inspection | Additional $150 | |||
Disposal works construction permit plan review fee: additional $50 each time plan requires a revision due to failure to meet 310 CMR 15.220, Preparation of Plans and Specifications (two or more errors or omissions on plan) | $50 | |||
Disposal system abandonment permit | $25 | |||
Disposal system construction permit reinspection | $25 | |||
Disposal system installer's license | $75 | Late charge for renewals: add $10 if received after January 1 | ||
Establishment monthly inspection fee: monthly inspections ordered by the Board of Health during a public hearing due to two or more failed inspection reports (i.e., at food establishments, motels, horse stables, swimming pools, etc.). Fee due within 7 days after hearing date. | $500 for up to three monthly inspections, plus $100 for each additional monthly inspection required after three | |||
Failed establishment inspection fee: requiring more than two routine inspections per year (i.e., at food establishments, motels, horse stables, swimming pools, etc.). This fee is to cover costs associated with an additional routine inspection to occur within one to three months after a failed inspection, if additional inspection is required as determined by Health Agent. Fee due within 7 days of receipt of failed inspection report. | $100 | |||
Faxing a copy of an as-built card | $3 | File search fee | ||
Mailing a copy of an as-built card | $3 | File search fee | ||
Fishing boat registration | $60 | |||
Food/cold storage permit | $20 | |||
Food service permit | ||||
0 to 49 seats | $250 | Late charge for renewals: Add $10 if received after January 1; also surcharge fee of $35 for each additional reinspection applies after one inspection plus one reinspection. | ||
50 or more seats | $300 | |||
Food service permit (temporary): preapproved events only | $40 (1 day); $50 (2+ days) | |||
Food service permit (temporary): preapproved events only, once/week/18 weeks maximum/same location, same vendors with same menus only | ||||
Only during business hours (held during daytime hours on weekdays) | $180 | |||
Held during nonbusiness hours (i.e., during Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, nighttime) | $100 per vendor | |||
Food service permit (charity) | $5 | |||
Frozen dessert license | $30 | |||
Funeral director license | $40 | |||
Garbage packer license (per truck) | $35 | |||
Hazard analysis critical control point (H.A.C.C.P.) plan review | $100 | |||
Hazardous materials use/storage | Late charge for renewals: add $10 if received after July 1 | |||
26 to 110 gallons | $50 | |||
111 to 499 gallons | $125 | |||
500 gallons or more | $150 | |||
Housing inspection (rental registration) | See § 170-8 | |||
Ice cream trucks (per truck) | $35 | |||
Influenza vaccination (flu shot) | $3 | |||
MA Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) Rental Unit Inspection | $25 | |||
Mobile canteen (per truck) | $50 | |||
Motel license | $50 | Late charge: add $10 if received after January 1 | ||
Photocopy (per page) | $0.20 | |||
Pneumonia vaccination | $3 | |||
Residential kitchen: bed-and-breakfast | $55 | |||
Residential kitchen: continental breakfast | $30 | |||
Residential kitchen: food for retail sale | $75 | |||
Retail food store | Late charge for renewals: add $10 if received after January 1 | |||
Less than 8,000 square feet | $100 | |||
More than 8,000 square feet | $285 | |||
Less than 1,000 square feet of food display area; only where the selling of food is kept in one area of the business and is incidental to the primary business | $20 | |||
Retail food store and food service combination applies only to stores of less than 8,000 square feet with limited food preparation | $200 | |||
Sauna and vapor bath license | $30 | |||
Septage hauler (per truck) | $35 | |||
Septic system inspection report processing | $25 | |||
Site assessment (21E Report) file search | $40 | Plus $8.75 per every 15 minutes after one hour | ||
Soil evaluation and percolation test witnessing | ||||
Conducted during normal business hours | $100 | Plus $65 for each additional hour (charged at a rate of $10.83 per every 10 minutes) | ||
Conducted immediately after normal business hours; continuation of workday | $150 | Plus $65 for each additional hour (charged at a rate of $10.83 per every 10 minutes) | ||
Conducted on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday | $250 | Plus $65 for each additional hour (charged at a rate of $10.83 per every 10 minutes) | ||
Stable permit | License renewal surcharge: $50 for each additional reinspection (after one inspection plus one reinspection). Late charge for renewals: $10 if received after July 1 | |||
No horses (zero) | $25 | |||
1 to 5 horses | $50 | |||
6 to 10 horses | $75 | |||
11 or more horses | $100 | |||
Subdivision review | $60 | |||
Swimming pool permit | ||||
Preoperation inspection(s) conducted during normal business hours | $100 | Pool inspection fee: add $50 for each additional preoperation inspection after one | ||
After-hours inspection fees (excluding temporary food events, farmer's markets) | ||||
At 4:30 p.m. | Additional $50 | |||
After hours, weekends, holidays | Additional $150 | |||
Whirlpool | $75 | |||
Special needs pool | $75 | |||
Exercise (aerobics) pool | $75 | |||
Tanning facility | $75 | Late charge for renewals: $10 if received after January 1 | ||
Tobacco sales permit | $85 | |||
Variance request | $95 | |||
Vending machine (per vending machine used for selling potentially hazardous foods only) | $20 | |||
Well construction permit | $45 | |||
Well destruction permit | $35 | |||