Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G4 - Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 61G4-15 - CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION › Section 61G4-15.031 - Medical Gas Certification

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Licensed plumbing contractors, as described in Section
				489.1136(1)(a),
				F.S., engaged in, or who wish to engage in, the business of medical gas systems
				pursuant to Section 489.1136, F.S., shall take and
				complete a thirty-two (32) hour course on medical gas systems. Such course
				shall be Board approved and shall consist of both classroom and practical work
				designed to teach familiarity with the National Fire Prevention Association
				(NFPA) Standard 99C ("Standard on Gas and Vacuum Systems"), latest edition, as
				adopted by the Florida State Fire Marshal, and the American Society of Sanitary
				Engineers (ASSE) Series 6000 ("Professional Qualifications Standards for
				Medical Gas Systems Installers, Inspectors and Verifiers"), latest edition, to
				augment those issues addressed by the NFPA Standard 99C relative to medical gas
				systems and designed to teach the subject matter required by Section
				489.1136(1)(a),
				F.S.
(2) The Board shall approve
				only those courses submitted by an instructional entity, which is incremental
				and incidental to the plumbing industry, and which teaches familiarity with the
				National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) Standard 99C ("Standard on Gas and
				Vacuum Systems"), latest edition, as adopted by the Florida State Fire Marshal,
				and the American Society of Sanitary Engineers (ASSE) Series 6000
				("Professional Qualifications Standards for Medical Gas Systems Installers,
				Inspectors and Verifiers"), latest edition, to augment those issues addressed
				by the NFPA Standard 99C relative to medical gas systems.
(3) Any instructional entity providing a
				Board approved medical gas course shall issue a certificate of completion of
				such course(s) to the student who has successfully completed each Board
				approved course. Such certificate(s) shall be available for inspection by any
				entity or person seeking to have the contractor engage in the business of
				installation, improvement, repair or maintenance of a medical gas
				system.
(4)
(a) Any natural person employed by a licensed
				plumbing contractor to provide work on medical gas systems as specified in
				Section 489.1136(1)(b),
				F.S., shall take and complete a thirty-two (32) hour course on medical gas
				systems. Such course shall be Board approved and shall consist of both
				classroom and practical work designed to teach familiarity with the National
				Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) Standard 99C ("Standard on Gas and Vacuum
				Systems"), latest edition, as adopted by the Florida State Fire Marshal, and
				the American Society of Sanitary Engineers (ASSE) Series 6000, ("Professional
				Qualifications Standards for Medical Gas Systems Installers, Inspectors and
				Verifiers"), latest edition, to augment those issues addressed by the NFPA
				Standard 99C relative to medical gas systems, and designed to teach familiarity
				and practicable ability as provided in Section
				489.1136(1)(b),
				F.S. Such course shall also include the administration of a practical
				examination as set forth in Section
				489.1136(1)(b),
				F.S.
(b) Any other natural person
				who wishes to perform only brazing duties incidental to medical gas systems as
				specified in Section 489.1136(1)(c),
				F.S., shall pass an examination approved by the Board. Such examination shall
				be designed pursuant to the requirements of Section
				489.1136(1)(c),
				F.S., including testing for knowledge of NFPA Standard 99C and ASSE Series
				6000, and including a practical examination based on the standards set forth in
				American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Section IX or on the American
				Welding Society (AWS) - B2.2, as approved by NFPA Standard 99C, and shall be
				approved by the Board upon request by the examination sponsor and review by the
				Board to determine that the examination is properly
				designed.