(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) Notwithstanding any provision of s. 455.271 to the contrary, a certificateholder or registrant may apply to the department for voluntary inactive status at any time during the period of certification or registration.
(3) The board shall impose, by rule, continuing education requirements for inactive certificateholders, when inactive status is sought by certificateholders who are also building code administrators, plans examiners, or inspectors certified pursuant to part XII of chapter 468.
(4) After January 1, 1999, any person who passes the certification examination must submit an application either to qualify a business or to place the person’s license on inactive status.
History.—ss. 9, 17, ch. 79-272; s. 373, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 21, 23, ch. 88-149; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 278, ch. 94-119; s. 42, ch. 98-419; s. 13, ch. 99-254; s. 32, ch. 2012-61.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Part II - Electrical and Alarm System Contracting (Ss. 489.501-489.538)
489.507 - Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board.
489.510 - Evidence of workers’ compensation coverage.
489.511 - Certification; application; examinations; endorsement.
489.513 - Registration; application; requirements.
489.514 - Certification for registered contractors; grandfathering provisions.
489.515 - Issuance of certificates; registrations.
489.516 - Qualifications to practice; restrictions; prerequisites.
489.5161 - Credit for relevant military training and education.
489.517 - Renewal of certificate or registration; continuing education.
489.518 - Alarm system agents.
489.5185 - Fire alarm system agents.
489.520 - Automated licensure status information system.
489.521 - Business organizations; qualifying agents.
489.522 - Qualifying agents; responsibilities.
489.523 - Emergency registration upon death of contractor.
489.525 - Report to local building officials.
489.529 - Alarm confirmation required.
489.531 - Prohibitions; penalties.
489.5315 - Proprietary electrical or alarm contractors.
489.532 - Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable.
489.533 - Disciplinary proceedings.
489.5335 - Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.