The board shall issue appropriate certificates to teach or to administer, direct or supervise the teaching, instruction or educational guidance of, or to render or administer, direct or supervise the rendering of nursing service to, pupils in public schools operated by boards of education and such other certificates as it shall be authorized to issue by law based upon certified scholastic records or upon examinations, or both, and such credentials as may be required to serve as a substitute teacher or a substitute school nurse, and may revoke the same under rules and regulations prescribed by the State board. A fee of not less than $20.00 shall be charged for the issuance of every certificate and credential as prescribed by such rules and regulations.
N.J.S. § 18A:6-38