Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 61G4-18.001 - Continuing Education Requirements for Certificateholders and Registrants
(1) Each person who is certified or
registered by the Board must, as a condition of each renewal of the certificate
or registration, obtain at least 14 classroom or interactive distance learning
hours of continuing education in one or more courses from a continuing
education provider approved by the Board. Of the required 14 hours of
continuing education, up to four (4) hours of credit may be earned by attending
a meeting of the Board wherein disciplinary cases are considered. The first
complete hour of attendance will satisfy the requirement for continuing
education in laws and rules regulating the construction industry, pursuant to
paragraph (2)(e), below. At least seven (7) days advance notice of the intent
to attend the disciplinary case session must be given to the Board, and the
licensee must check in with Board staff prior to the beginning of the
disciplinary proceedings. The licensee must sign in and out at breaks and at
lunchtime. After the conclusion of the meeting, Board staff will issue a
certificate of attendance to the licensee. The licensee must submit
documentation of such participation to the Department within five (5) days of
the date of issuance of the certificate of attendance. A maximum of four (4)
hours will be allowed during a renewal cycle. Credit hours shall be awarded on
an hour for hour basis up to a maximum of four hours. Credit hours may not be
earned when the licensee attends a disciplinary case session as a party to a
disciplinary action.
(2) All
registered contractors and certified contractors are required to complete
fourteen (14) hours of continuing education each renewal cycle. Of the fourteen
(14) hours, one (1) hour shall be required in each of the following topics:
(a) Specialized or advanced module course
approved by the Florida Building Commission, or the Board;
(b) Workplace safety;
(c) Business practices;
(d) Workers' compensation; and
(e) Laws and rules regulating the
construction industry;
(f) Wind
mitigation methodologies, if license is held in the following category:
General, Building, Residential, Roofing, Speciality Structure, or Glass and
Glazing.
(g) Pool electrical
requirements, if license is held in the following category: Commercial
pool/spa, Residential pool/spa, Swimming pool/spa servicing, or Residential
pool/spa servicing specialty.
(h)
Cementitious Cladding, Stucco, Plastering and Lath application and repair
methodologies, if license is held in the following category: General, Building,
Residential, or Specialty Structure.
The remaining hours may include any of the aforementioned subject matter or general topics as defined hereinafter.
(3)
The content of Board approved courses must be business, trade, workers'
compensation, laws and rules related to the construction industry, or safety
topics relevant to the construction industry. For purposes of this rule:
(a) Business practice topics include
bookkeeping and accounting practices; managing cash flow; estimating and
bidding jobs; negotiating and interpreting contracts and agreements; processing
change orders; controlling purchasing; scheduling; controlling expenses;
insurance and bonding related to construction; complying with payroll and sales
tax laws; interpreting financial statements and reports related to
construction; complying with Florida laws and rules related to construction,
and Chapter 682, F.S., Arbitration Code, Chapter 713, F.S., Florida
Construction Lien Law, and Chapter 553, F.S., Building Construction
Standards.
(b) Trade related
courses may be used to satisfy the "general" requirements. These courses may
include topics considered as contract administration and project management
activities, including management and operation of the day-to-day activities of
a construction contracting firm and advanced knowledge of the trade in which
the contractor is licensed. Examples include, but are not limited to:
preconstruction activities, including design and structural loading; project
contracts; permits; plan and specification approvals; construction procedures
and operations; methods, materials, tools and equipment as codified in the CSI
16 Division Format or ASTM; maintenance and service; reading plans and
specifications; code updates pursuant to Chapter 553, F.S., and related
statutes.
(c) Safety courses
include courses related to job site safety in the following topics: OSHA
safety; workplace safety programs; safety manuals; procedure of testing and use
of tools and equipment.
(d)
Workers' compensation courses include: Compliance with Chapter 440, F.S.; drug
free workplace; calculating and assigning workers' compensation costs; premium
modification and adjustments.
(e)
Laws and rules related to the construction industry found in Chapters 489, Part
I, and 455, F.S., Division 61G4, F.A.C.
(f) Wind mitigation methodology, as limited
to those topics listed in Section 553.844(2)(b)1.-5., F.S. (2007).
(g) Pursuant to Section 489.115(4)(b)2.,
F.S., specialized continuing education courses approved for the purpose of
allowing Division I certificateholders or registrants to certify plans and
specifications on compliance with the wind resistance provisions for one and
two family dwellings contained in the Florida Building Code and alternate
methodologies approved by the Florida Building Commission are required to
comply with the Florida Building Code and must require the demonstration of
proficiency at the completion of such course.
(h) Cementitious or synthetic cladding
courses include courses related to the application and repair of cementitious
or synthetic material in building, including but not limited to stucco,
plastering, glazing, "EIFS" (exterior insulating finishing system) or any other
applied cementitious or synthetic texture as it relates to the prevention and
mitigation of water intrusion.
(4) A person who holds more than one
certificate or registration issued by the Board is required to complete the
continuing education requirements only once during each biennial certification
renewal period and only once during each biennial registration period,
providing all applicable license numbers to the course provider at the time of
registration to ensure proper reporting of CE hours. Workers' compensation,
work place safety and business practice courses approved for the continuing
education requirements for persons certified or registered under Chapter 489,
Part II, F.S., shall be accepted for continuing education for renewal under
this rule.
(5) Any course approved
for the continuing education requirements for persons certified under Chapter
468, Part XII, F.S., which meet the criteria for course content approved by
this Board, shall be accepted for continuing education for renewal under this
rule, for persons who are certified under part XII or who are certified or
registered under this part.
(6) The
Board shall grant a maximum of four (4) hours of continuing education credit,
on an hour for hour basis, to any licensee who participates as a member of any
technical advisory committee to the Florida Building Code Commission within the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The licensee must submit
documentation of such participation to the Department within five (5) days of
the date of completion.
(7)
Continuing education credit shall be granted to instructors, teachers,
lecturers, panelists and discussion leaders of a specific continuing education
course, on an hour for hour basis, for the first presentation each renewal
cycle.
(8) Continuing education
credit for a specific course will be awarded only once for each renewal
cycle.
(9) A person is not required
to complete any continuing education requirements for the year in which a
certificate or a registration is initially issued. Any person who obtains a
certificate or a registration more than 12 months prior to the end of a
biennial period is required to complete seven hours of approved continuing
education as a condition of the first renewal of the certificate or
registration.
(10) Credit may be
earned for assisting in exam development. (See Rule
61G4-18.013, F.A.C.)
(11) A person is not required to complete any
of the above continuing education requirements while his or her license is in
an inactive status. However, registrants and certificateholders who change
licensure status from inactive to active must show proof of completion of
fourteen (14) hours of continuing education as required for active renewal for
the biennium previous to the requested license activiation.
(12) Any course approved for the continuing
education requirements for persons certified under Chapter 489, Parts I and II,
F.S., shall be accepted for continuing education for renewal under this
rule.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 455.213(6), 455.2177, 455.2178, 455.2179, 489.108, 489.115 FS. Law Implemented 455.2123, 455.213(6), 455.2177, 455.2178, 455.2179, 455.271(6), 489.115, 489.116 FS.
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