NEPT licensing fees

Key messages

A fee must be paid when you apply for a non-emergency patient transfer (NEPT) licence.
Licence holders must also pay renewal fees.

All applications made by proprietors of non-emergency patient transport licences require payment of a fee. The fee amounts are set by the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Regulations 2016 and are indexed annually.

NEPT fees from 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023

Application fees

Fee unit price 1 July 2022	$15.29

Application type	Fee ($) *Rounded	Fee units
Application for approval in principle (AIP)	$1,896.00	124
Application for variation or transfer of AIP	$642.20	42
Application for non-emergency patient transport licence	$2,843.90	186
Application for variation of licence	$749.20	49

Fees for renewal of licence

Number of vehicles	Fee ($)	Fee units
0-9 vehicles	$2,094.70	137
10-49 vehicles	$4,342.40	284
50+ vehicles	$6,590.00	431

Penalty Fees

Penalty unit price 1 July 2022	$184.92

Reviewed 01 July 2022

Health.vic

Contact details

NEPT, First Aid and Investigations Unit Department of Health

Department of Health, Postal address: GPO Box 4541, Melbourne, VIC 3001

neptfirstaidregulation@health.vic.gov.au