Department of Health

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 for a NEPT licence, approval in principle, licence renewal, variation and transfer 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 2023 - 30 June 2024

Application fees

Fee unit price 1 July 2023

$15.90

Application type

Fee ($)

Fee units

Application for approval in principle (AIP)

$1,971.60

124

Application for variation or transfer of AIP

$667.80

42

Application for non-emergency patient transport licence

$2,957.40

186

Application for variation of licence

$779.10

49

Fees for renewal of licence

Number of vehicles

Fee ($)

Fee units

0-9 vehicles

$2,178.30

137

10-49 vehicles

$4,515.60

284

50+ vehicles

$6,852.90

431

Penalty Fees

Penalty unit price 1 July 2023 $192.31

Reviewed 05 October 2023

Health.vic

Contact details

NEPT, First Aid and Investigations Unit Department of Health

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