Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G19 - Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board › Chapter 61G19-6 - CERTIFICATION, EXAMINATION, APPLICATION, CERTIFICATE RENEWAL, INACTIVE STATUS › Section 61G19-6.012 - Provisional Certificates

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Board
				shall issue a provisional certificate to any newly employed or newly promoted
				building code administrator, subject to the provisions of Section
				468.609, F.S., and the
				provisions of this rule. The board shall issue a provisional certificate to any
				building code inspector or plans examiner who meets the eligibility
				requirements subject to the provisions of Section
				468.609, F.S., and the
				provisions of this rule.
(2)
				Provisional inspector or plans examiner certificates shall only be issued to
				applicants who demonstrate at the time of their application that they possess
				all of the standards and eligibility requirements for standard certification as
				set forth in Section 468.609(2),
				F.S. Provisional building code administrator certificates shall only be issued
				to applicants who demonstrate at the time of their application that they
				possess all of the standards and eligibility requirements for standard
				certification as set forth in Section
				468.609(3),
				F.S.
(3) Provisional certificates
				for building code inspectors or plans examiners may be issued for the duration
				of a sponsored internship with a maximum length of four years. When an
				internship is partially completed and the intern wishes to change employers,
				the intern must, within thirty days of change in employment, submit an
				application to the Board identifying the new employer and requesting the
				continuance of the provisional certificate with the new building
				official.
(4) The Board shall place
				special conditions or requirements on a provisional certificate when such
				special conditions or requirements are determined by the Board's evaluation of
				the facts of each application to be necessary to protect the public safety and
				health.
(5) Following the
				submission of an application for provisional certification as either an
				inspector or plans examiner, the applicant shall be eligible to perform duties
				in the category for which the application has been submitted for up to a
				maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the application is
				submitted, and subject to the following conditions:
(a) Prior to beginning the performance of
				duties under this rule, the building code administrator for the agency
				employing the applicant shall have determined that the applicant possesses the
				qualifications for a provisional certificate.
(b) All duties performed by the applicant
				under this exception shall be performed under the direct supervision of the
				building code administrator for the agency employing the applicant. The
				building code administrator shall hold a current, valid standard certificate as
				a building code administrator at all times when he or she is supervising the
				applicant. However, direct supervision may be provided by a building code
				administrator who holds a limited or provisional certificate in any county with
				population of less than 75, 000 and in any municipality located within such a
				county.
(c) Prior to beginning the
				performance of duties under this exception, applicants for plans examiner and
				inspector shall provide the building code administrator for the agency which
				employs them a copy of the completed application for provisional certification
				submitted to the Board by the applicant.
(d) Upon being notified that he or she has
				been determined by the Board to be not qualified for a provisional certificate
				in the category sought, an applicant shall immediately cease performing duties
				as a plans examiner or building code inspector under this
				exception.