Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
The following fees are prescribed by the Board:
(1) Application for Certification by
Examination; Refund.
(a) The application and
examination fee for an applicant for certification shall be three hundred
thirty-five dollars ($335.00) and shall be nonrefundable. Said fee shall cover
both the processing of the application for certification and the administration
of the examination. The applicant will pay one hundred thirty-five dollars
($135.00) directly to the Department, or the Department's examination
development vendor upon scheduling of the tests that comprise the examination.
The applicant will pay the Department, or the Department's assigned vendor,
eighty dollars ($80.00) to cover examination administration costs for each test
administered. The applicant will pay the Department forty dollars ($40.00) for
processing of the application after they have successfully passed the
examination. The contract administration and project management tests are
considered one test for fee assessment pursuant to this rule.
(b) For an unsuccessful examinee or approved
applicant who failed to appear at the examination, the fee for the next
subsequent test, or both tests if necessary, shall be one hundred thirty-five
dollars ($135.00) and paid directly to the Department, or the Department's
examination development vendor upon scheduling of the test(s). Eighty dollars
(80.00) shall be paid to the Department, or the Department's assigned vendor,
for examination administration upon scheduling of each test to be administered.
The fees shall be nonrefundable.
(2) The application fee for registration
shall be $100.00.
(3) Biennial
Renewal; Fees.
(a) The biennial renewal fee
for certification and registration shall be two hundred dollars
($200.00).
(b) The biennial renewal
for certification and registration on inactive status shall be fifty dollars
($50.00).
(c) The biennial renewal
for certification and registration where said licensees are building code
administrators, plans examiners or inspectors certified pursuant to Part XII of
Chapter 468, F.S., who are employed by a local government, and who are not
allowed by the terms of such employment to maintain a certificate on active
status, shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
(4) Initial License; Fees.
(a) The initial certification or registration
fee for registrants shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). However, any
initial certification or registration fee for registrants remitted within the
second year of a biennium shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). Said fee
shall apply to the partial period only; all subsequent biennial renewal fees
shall be in accordance with subsection (3), above.
(b) The initial designation fee for
financially responsible officers shall be two hundred dollars
($200.00).
(5) The fee
to transfer a license from one business entity to another shall be fifty
($50.00) dollars.
(6) The
application fee for reactivation of an inactive certification or registration
shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(7) The fee for the review of an examination
pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 455 and 489, F.S., shall be seventy-five
dollars ($75.00).
(8) The fee for a
duplicate copy of a previously issued license shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00).
(9) The fee to transfer a
registration or certification from active to inactive status shall be fifty
($50.00) dollars.
(10)
Certification and Registration of Business Organizations.
(a) The application and initial issue of
certification or registration for a business organization shall be fifty
dollars ($50.00).
(b) The biennial
renewal fee for a certification or registration issued to a business
organization shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
(11)
(a)
Pursuant to Section
455.271(7),
F.S., the delinquency fee for certification or registration shall be
twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(b)
Pursuant to Section
455.271(7),
F.S., the delinquency fee for qualified business organizations shall be
twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(12)
(a)
Pursuant to Section
455.271(8),
F.S., the fee for processing a licensee's request to change licensure status at
any time other than at the beginning of a licensure cycle shall be fifty
($50.00) dollars.
(b) Pursuant to
Section 455.271(8), F.S., the fee for processing a request for a change of
status for a qualified business organization at any time other than at the
beginning of a licensure cycle shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars.
(13) The application fee for
certification of a registered contractor pursuant to Section
489.118,
F.S., shall be $100.00.
(14) The
fee for application to reinstate a null and void license is one hundred dollars
($100.00).
Rulemaking Authority 455.213(2), 455.217(2), 455.219(1),
455.271(6), (8), 489.108, 489.109, 489.118 FS. Law Implemented 119.07(1)(a),
455.213(2), 455.217(2), 455.219(1), 455.271(6), (7), (8), 489.109
FS.
