Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G15 - Board of Professional Engineers › Chapter 61G15-22 - LICENSE RENEWAL, CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 61G15-22.0002 - Licensure Change of Status, Reactivation; Reinstatement of Void Licenses

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Active to Inactive Licensure Status
				Change. Licensees may inactivate their license and change their licensure
				status from active to inactive by remitting to FEMC a completed Change of
				Status Application, Form FBPE/023, 09/19, and the fee specified by Rule
				61G15-24.001, F.A.C. The
				application form FBPE/023 is incorporated by reference herein and may be
				obtained from
www.fbpe.org/index.php/licensure/other-forms
or at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-11355
.
(2) Reactivation of Inactive Licenses.
				Licensees may reinstate an inactive license and change their licensure status
				from inactive to active by remitting to FEMC a completed Change of Status
				Application, referenced in subsection (1), the fee specified by Rule
				61G15-24.001, F.A.C., and proof
				of completion of eighteen (18) hours of continuing education obtained within
				the two (2) years immediately prior to application and in compliance with
				subsection 61G15-22.001(1),
				F.A.C.
(3) Reinstatement of Void
				Licenses. Persons previously licensed as professional engineers in Florida may
				not re-apply for licensure by examination or by endorsement pursuant to Section
				471.013 or
				471.015, F.S. Rather, pursuant
				to Sections 455.271(6) and
				471.019, F.S., any person
				previously licensed as a professional engineer in Florida whose Florida license
				has become void must apply for reinstatement of the previous license.
				Application for reinstatement shall be made on form FBPE/023, Change of Status
				Application, referenced in subsection (1). In addition to a completed
				application form, all applications for reinstatement shall be accompanied by
				the following.
(a) The fees specified by Rule
				61G15-24.001, F.A.C.;
(b) Documentation of satisfaction of any
				disciplinary obligations imposed against the void license;
(c) Passage of the Board's Laws and Rules
				Study Guide as detailed in Rule
				61G15-20.0016, F.A.C.;
				and
(d) Documentation of one of the
				following:
1. Current active practice as a
				professional engineer in another U.S state or territory. Such documentation
				shall include verification of active licensure in good standing and compliance
				with such state or territory's continuing education requirements; or
2. Applicants not currently in active
				practice as a professional engineer must provide proof of completion of
				thirty-six (36) hours of Board approved continuing education, including two (2)
				hours of professional ethics and a one (1) hour course in Florida Laws and
				Rules. With the exception of the one (1) hour Florida Laws and Rules course,
				which can be taken online, the remaining thirty-five (35) hours must be either
				in-person or synchronous live streaming/videoconference/interactive webinar OR
				obtained through distance learning CE courses provided by a national or Florida
				statewide engineering society or association pursuant to Rule
				61G15-22.011, F.A.C.; other
				online or distance learning courses will not be
				accepted.