Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 61G19-1.009 - Definitions
(1) "Board" means
the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board.
(2) "Certificate" means a certificate issued
by the Department as provided in Chapter 468, Part XII, F.S. The term does not
include a certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC) Code
Institute.
(3) "Certificate" or
"Certificate holder" shall for the purposes of Chapter 61G19, F.A.C., be
synonymous with the terms "License" and "Licensee" respectively. The term does
not include a certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC) Code
Institute.
(4) "Certified Building
Official" means a person holding a Florida Standard Certificate as a Building
Code Administrator or Building Official, as those terms are defined in Section
468.603(2),
F.S. The term does not include persons holding only an International Code
Council (ICC) Code Institute certification as a building official, unless such
person also holds a Florida Standard Certificate as such.
(5) "Course" means an educational class,
lesson, seminar, conference, program, or demonstration, whether taught by
personal appearance, correspondence, electronic media, or other
means.
(6) "Cross Training" means
board-approved training provided to individuals already certified in at least
one discipline by this board or as a firesafety inspector and providing an
alternative to the typical prerequisite experience/education.
(7) "Department" means the Department of
Business and Professional Regulation.
(8) "Direct Supervision" means the supervisor
directs, supervises and controls the activities of the trainee.
(9) "Employee" means a person who receives
compensation from, and is under supervision and control of, an employer who
regularly deducts the F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provides workers'
compensation, all as prescribed by law.
(10) "Experience" means practical working
experience as a trade person or construction, design or inspection industry
professional, for compensation.
(11) "Initial Training" means board-approved
training provided to individuals not already certified by this board in any
category or as a firesafety inspector, and providing an alternative to the
typical prerequisite experience/education.
(12) "Internship Certification Program" means
a board-approved program(s) of learning for individuals seeking certification
as either a building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or residential
inspector or a plans examiner while employed full-time by a governmental
jurisdiction, which emphasizes on-the-job-training and provides an alternative
to the typical prerequisite experience/education for licensure as an inspector
or plans examiner.
(13) "Municipal
Service Provider" means a company, firm or person that provides persons or is a
person possessing standard licensure under this part and performs activities of
inspection, plan review or Building Code Administrator services to a
governmental entity under contract with that entity.
(14) "One and two family dwelling inspector"
means an individual approved for standard certification by the Board prior to
July 1, 2020 who is qualified to inspect and determine that one and two family
dwelling and accessory structures are constructed in accordance with the
provisions of the Florida Building Code/Residential.
(15) "Private provider" is as defined in
Section 553.791(1)(n),
F.S., and means a person providing alternative plans review and inspection
services, who is licensed as a building code administrator under Part XII of
Chapter 468, F.S., as an engineer under Chapter 471, F.S., or as an architect
under Chapter 481, F.S. For purposes of performing inspections under Section
553.79, F.S., for additions and
alterations that are limited to 1,000 square feet or less to residential
buildings, the term "private provider" also includes a person who holds a
standard certificate under Part XII of Chapter 468, F.S. The term does not
include a non-governmental employee exercising building construction regulation
responsibilities pursuant to contract with a state or local governmental agency
or jurisdiction (commonly known as a "Municipal Services Provider").
(16) "Residential Inspector" means a person
approved for and has passed an examination administered by the International
Code Council for this category after July 1, 2020 who is qualified to inspect
and determine that one-family, two family, or three-family residences, and
their accessory structures are constructed in accordance with the provisions of
the governing; building, plumbing, mechanical, accessibility, and electrical
codes.
(17) "Supervisory
Experience" means that an applicant meets the supervisory experience
requirement, an applicant for certification under this part shall have
performed management or supervisory responsibilities that shall have included
operational control and direction of persons in the production of construction
design, actual construction, or construction inspection, or other category of
work acceptable to the board.
(18)
"Verifiable Experience" means experience which can be confirmed and/or
substantiated by board-approved attestation, evidence or testimony.
Postsecondary education substituted in lieu of verifiable experience shall be
documented through copies of official transcripts.
(19) "Voluntary certification program" means
those certification programs operated by the Southern Building Code Congress
International, Building Officials Association of Florida, Council of American
Building Officials, South Florida Building Code (Dade and Broward), and the
voluntary certification program formerly operated by the Florida Department of
Community Affairs.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 468.606, 468.607 FS. Law Implemented 455.01, 468.603, 468.609 FS.
New 5-23-94, Amended 5-21-95, 11-20-95, 1-16-03, 6-8-17, 2-14-18, 10-21-20, 12-21-22.
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