Title XXXII, Regulation of Professions and Occupations

(1) The following persons are not required to comply with any provisions of this part relating to mold assessment:(a) A residential property owner who performs mold assessment on his or her own property.(b) A person who performs mold assessment on property owned or leased by the …

As used in this part, the term:(1) “Department” means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.(2) “Mold” means an organism of the class fungi that causes disintegration of organic matter and produces spores, and includes any spores, hyphae, and mycotoxins produced …

(1) The department may establish fees to be paid for application, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, inactive status application and reactivation of inactive licenses, and application for providers of continuing education. The department may also establish a delin…

(1) A person desiring to be licensed as a mold assessor or mold remediator must apply to the department after satisfying the examination requirements of this part.(2) An applicant may practice in this state as a mold assessor or mold remediator if he or she passes the required ex…

(1) The department shall license any applicant who the department certifies is qualified to practice mold assessment or mold remediation.(2) The department shall certify for licensure any applicant who satisfies the requirements of s. 468.8413, who has passed the licensing examin…

(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee and upon certification by the department that the licensee has satisfactorily completed the continuing education requirements of s. 468.8416.(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing …

(1) The department may not renew a license until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to it that during the 2 years prior to his or her application for renewal the licensee has completed at least 14 hours of continuing education. Criteria and course content shall be approved b…

(1) A licensee may request that his or her license be placed in an inactive status by making application to the department.(2) A license that becomes inactive may be reactivated upon application to the department. The department may prescribe by rule continuing education requirem…

The practice of or the offer to practice mold assessment or mold remediation by licensees through a corporation or partnership offering mold assessment or mold remediation to the public, or by a corporation or partnership offering such services to the public through licensees und…

(1) A person may not:(a) Effective July 1, 2011, perform or offer to perform any mold assessment unless the mold assessor has documented training in water, mold, and respiratory protection under s. 468.8414(2).(b) Effective July 1, 2011, perform or offer to perform any mold asses…

(1) The following acts constitute grounds for which the disciplinary actions in subsection (2) may be taken:(a) Violation of any provision of this part or s. 455.227(1).(b) Attempting to procure a license to practice mold assessment or mold remediation by bribery or fraudulent mi…

(1) A mold assessor shall maintain general liability and errors and omissions for both preliminary and postremediation mold assessment insurance coverage of at least $1 million.(2) A mold remediator shall maintain a general liability insurance policy in an amount of not less than…

A contract to perform mold assessment or mold remediation shall be in a document or electronic record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. A mold assessment contract is not required to provide estimates related to the cost of repair of an assessed property. A mold a…

(1) A person who performs mold assessment or mold remediation as defined in this part may qualify for licensure by the department as a mold assessor or mold remediator if the person submits his or her application to the department by March 1, 2011, whether postmarked or delivered…

The department shall adopt rules to administer this part.History.—s. 33, ch. 2010-106; s. 25, ch. 2010-176.

As used in this chapter:(1) “Abatement” means the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, or disposal of asbestos.(2) “AHERA” means the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C. s. 2601, and any rules adopted thereunder.(3) “Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of…

(1) This chapter does not apply to:(a) An authorized employee of the United States, this state, or any municipality, county, or other political subdivision, public or private school, or private entity who has completed all training required by NESHAP and OSHA or by ASHARA for the…

(1) No person may conduct an asbestos survey, develop an operation and maintenance plan, or monitor and evaluate asbestos abatement unless trained and licensed as an asbestos consultant as required by this chapter.(2) No person may prepare asbestos abatement specifications unless…

(1) All asbestos consultants must be licensed by the department. Except for an asbestos consultant’s license issued by endorsement as provided under subsection (3) or otherwise expressly provided by law, an asbestos consultant’s license may be issued only to an applicant who hold…

All applicants for licensure as either asbestos consultants or asbestos contractors shall:(1) Pay the initial licensing fee.(2) When applying for licensure as an asbestos consultant, successfully complete the following department-approved courses:(a) A building asbestos surveys a…

(1) If an individual proposes to engage in consulting or contracting in that individual’s own name, the license may be issued only to that individual.(2)(a) If the applicant proposes to engage in consulting or contracting as a partnership, corporation, business trust, or other le…

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

The department shall establish, by rule, reasonable fees to be paid for applications, examinations, licensing and renewal, recordmaking, and recordkeeping. Fees for application, initial licensure, renewal, or reactivation may not exceed $500 per applicant. The department may, by …

(1) The department may revoke, suspend, or deny the issuance or renewal of a license; reprimand, censure, or place on probation any contractor, consultant, financially responsible officer, or business organization; require financial restitution to a consumer; impose an administra…

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. In developing the rules, the department shall consider related Florida Statutes and the rules promulgated thereunder, the criteria established in the Environmental …

(1) Each asbestos contractor’s onsite supervisor must complete an asbestos contractor/supervisor course of not less than 5 days prior to engaging in onsite supervision. Such training shall cover the nature of the health risks, the medical effects of exposure, federal and state as…

(1) All asbestos surveyors, management planners, and project monitors must comply with the requirements set forth in this section prior to commencing such activities and must also complete the continuing education necessary to maintain accreditation each year.(a) Management plann…

(1) The department shall approve training courses and the providers of such courses as are required under this chapter. The department must also approve training courses and the providers of such courses who offer training for persons who are exempt from licensure as an asbestos …

The Legislature deems it necessary in the interest of public health and safety to regulate the practice of engineering in this state.History.—ss. 1, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 5, ch. 2000-332.

(1) No person other than a duly licensed engineer shall practice engineering or use the name or title of “licensed engineer,” “professional engineer,” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to indicate that such person holds an active li…

For the sole purpose of teaching the principles and methods of engineering design, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 471.005(7), a person employed by a public postsecondary educational institution, or by an independent postsecondary educational institution licensed or exempt f…

As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Board” means the Board of Professional Engineers.(2) “Board of directors” means the board of directors of the Florida Engineers Management Corporation.(3) “Defense company” means any business entity that holds a valid Department of Defense c…

(1) There is created in the department the Board of Professional Engineers. The board shall consist of 11 members, 9 of whom shall be licensed engineers and 2 of whom shall be laypersons who are not and have never been engineers or members of any closely related profession or occ…

The board has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of this chapter or chapter 455 conferring duties upon it.History.—s. 1, ch. 87-341; s. 1, ch. 87-349; s. 1, ch. 88-303; ss. 4, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 109, ch. 98-…

The location of the Board of Professional Engineers shall be in Leon County.History.—ss. 3, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 6, 10, ch. 81-302; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

(1) The board by rule may establish fees to be paid for applications, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, inactive status application and reactivation of inactive licenses, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. The board may also establish by rule a delinquency fee. …

(1)(a) A person shall be entitled to take an examination for the purpose of determining whether she or he is qualified to practice in this state as an engineer if the person is of good moral character and:1. Is a graduate from an approved engineering science curriculum of 4 years…

(1) The management corporation shall issue a license to any applicant who the board certifies is qualified to practice engineering and who has passed the fundamentals examination and the principles and practice examination.(2)(a) The board shall certify for licensure any applican…

(1) The management corporation shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee.(2) The board shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.(3)(a) The board shall require a demonstration of continuing professional competency …

The board shall establish by rule a reinstatement process for void licenses. The rule shall prescribe appropriate continuing education requirements for reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license for a licensed engineer may not exceed …

All licensees actively participating in the design of engineering works or systems in connection with buildings, structures, or facilities and systems covered by the Florida Building Code shall take continuing education courses and submit proof to the board, at such times and in …

(1) Upon approval of the board and payment of the fee set in s. 471.011, the management corporation shall issue a temporary registration for work on one specified project in this state for a period not to exceed 1 year to an engineer holding a certificate to practice in another s…

(1) The practice of, or the offer to practice, engineering by licensees or offering engineering services to the public through a business organization, including a partnership, corporation, business trust, or other legal entity or by a business organization, including a corporati…

(1) The board shall prescribe, by rule, one or more forms of seal to be used by licensees. Each licensee shall obtain at least one seal in the form approved by rule of the board and may, in addition, register his or her seal electronically in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. …

Engineers are hereby granted permission and authority to go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make engineering surveys and, in so doing, to carry with them their agents and employees necessary for that purpose. Entry under the right hereby granted shall not…