Title XXXII, Regulation of Professions and Occupations

(1) The department shall provide a method by which honorably discharged veterans may apply for licensure. The method must include a veteran-specific application and provide, to the fullest extent possible, credit toward the requirements for licensure for military experience, trai…

(1) The department shall renew a certificate or registration upon receipt of the renewal application and fee and proof of meeting all continuing education requirements.(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of certificates and regis…

(1) A licensed electrical or alarm system contractor may not employ a person to perform the duties of a burglar alarm system agent unless the person:(a) Is at least 18 years of age or has evidence of a court-approved declaration of emancipation.(b) Has successfully completed a mi…

(1) A certified unlimited electrical contractor or licensed fire alarm contractor may not employ a person to perform the duties of a fire alarm system agent unless the person:(a) Is at least 18 years of age or has evidence of a court-approved declaration of emancipation.(b) Has s…

(1) A certificate or registration that becomes inactive may be reactivated under s. 489.517 upon application to the department. The board may not require a licensee to complete more than one renewal cycle of continuing education to reactivate a certificate or registration.(2) Not…

By January 1, 1995, the department shall implement an automated licensure status information system for electrical and alarm system contracting. The system shall provide instant notification to local building departments and other interested parties, as determined by the board or…

(1) If an individual proposes to engage in contracting as a sole proprietorship, certification shall be issued in the name of that individual. If a fictitious name is used, the applicant shall furnish evidence of statutory compliance.(2)(a)1. If the applicant proposing to engage …

(1)(a) A qualifying agent is a primary qualifying agent unless he or she is a secondary qualifying agent under this section. All primary qualifying agents for a business organization are jointly and equally responsible for supervision of all operations of the business organizatio…

If an incomplete contract exists at the time of death of a contractor, the contract may be completed by any person even though not certified. The person shall notify the appropriate board, within 30 days after the death of the contractor, of his or her name and address, knowledge…

The department may report to all building officials the contents of this part and the contents of the rules of the board. Any information that is available through the Internet or other electronic means may be excluded from the report.History.—ss. 11, 17, ch. 79-272; ss. 2, 3, ch…

All residential or commercial intrusion/burglary alarms that have central monitoring are required to have the alarm monitoring company attempt to confirm the alarm signal by call, text message, or other electronic means made to the owner, occupant, or an authorized designee assoc…

Every audible alarm system installed by a licensed contractor shall have a device to automatically terminate the audible signal within 15 minutes of activation. A fire alarm system, whether installed voluntarily or as a requirement of an adopted code, which employs an audible fir…

(1) A person may not:(a) Practice contracting unless the person is certified or registered;(b) Use the name or title “electrical contractor” or “alarm system contractor” or words to that effect, or advertise himself or herself or a business organization as available to practice e…

Businesses that obtain an electrical or burglar alarm system license to work only on their own equipment, and that do not offer electrical or alarm contracting services to the public, are not electrical or burglar alarm system contracting businesses and do not have to obtain a bu…

(1) As a matter of public policy, contracts entered into on or after October 1, 1990, by an unlicensed contractor shall be unenforceable in law or in equity by the unlicensed contractor.(a) For purposes of this section, an individual is unlicensed if the individual does not have …

(1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for disciplinary actions as provided in subsection (2):(a) Failure to comply with any provision of chapter 455.(b) Attempting to procure a certificate or registration to practice electrical or alarm system contracting by bribery or …

(1) Counties and municipalities are authorized to issue journeyman licenses in the electrical and alarm system trades to an individual who:(a) Has scored at least 70 percent, or after October 1, 1997, at least 75 percent, on a proctored journeyman Block and Associates examination…

(1) This part applies to any contractor performing work for the state or any county or municipality.(2)(a) The scope of electrical contracting shall apply to private and public property and shall include any excavation, paving, and other related work incidental thereto and shall …

A licensee under this part need not have a license under part I to perform work within the scope of his or her license under this part.History.—s. 37, ch. 90-228; s. 12, ch. 91-201; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 501, ch. 97-103.

As used in this part:(1) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.(2) “Master septic tank contractor” means a septic tank contractor whose services are unlimited in the septic tank trade who has had at least 3 years’ experience as a Florida-registered septic …

A person shall not hold himself or herself out as a septic tank contractor or a master septic tank contractor in this state unless he or she is registered by the department in accordance with the provisions of this part. However, nothing in this part prohibits any person licensed…

(1) Each person desiring to be registered pursuant to this part shall apply to the department in writing upon forms prepared and furnished by the department.(2) The department shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this part, provide qualifications for applic…

(1) The department shall prescribe by rule the method for approving continuing education courses, for renewing annual registration, for approving inactive status for the late filing of a renewal application, for allowing a contractor to hold a registration in inactive status for …

(1) The practice of or the offer to practice septic tank contracting services by registrants through a parent corporation, corporation, subsidiary of a corporation, or partnership offering septic tank contracting services to the public through registrants under this chapter as ag…

A certificate of registration may be suspended or revoked upon a showing that the registrant has:(1) Violated any provision of this part.(2) Violated any lawful order or rule rendered or adopted by the department.(3) Obtained his or her registration or any other order, ruling, or…

(1) The department shall, by rule, establish fees as follows:(a) For septic tank contractor registration:1. Application and examination fee: not less than $25 or more than $75.2. Initial registration fee: not less than $50 or more than $100.3. Renewal of registration fee: not les…

(1) Any person who violates any provision of this part commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) The department may deny a registration if it determines that an applicant does not meet all requirements of this part or has vi…