Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G19 - Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board › Chapter 61G19-1 - PURPOSE, ORGANIZATION, DEFINITIONS › Section 61G19-1.009 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Board" means the Florida Building Code
				Administrators and Inspectors Board.
(2) "Certificate" means a certificate issued
				by the Department as provided in Chapter 468, Part XII, F.S. The term does not
				include a certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC) Code
				Institute.
(3) "Certificate" or
				"Certificate holder" shall for the purposes of Chapter 61G19, F.A.C., be
				synonymous with the terms "License" and "Licensee" respectively. The term does
				not include a certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC) Code
				Institute.
(4) "Certified Building
				Official" means a person holding a Florida Standard Certificate as a Building
				Code Administrator or Building Official, as those terms are defined in Section
				468.603(2),
				F.S. The term does not include persons holding only an International Code
				Council (ICC) Code Institute certification as a building official, unless such
				person also holds a Florida Standard Certificate as such.
(5) "Course" means an educational class,
				lesson, seminar, conference, program, or demonstration, whether taught by
				personal appearance, correspondence, electronic media, or other
				means.
(6) "Cross Training" means
				board-approved training provided to individuals already certified in at least
				one discipline by this board or as a firesafety inspector and providing an
				alternative to the typical prerequisite experience/education.
(7) "Department" means the Department of
				Business and Professional Regulation.
(8) "Direct Supervision" means the supervisor
				directs, supervises and controls the activities of the trainee.
(9) "Employee" means a person who receives
				compensation from, and is under supervision and control of, an employer who
				regularly deducts the F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provides workers'
				compensation, all as prescribed by law.
(10) "Experience" means practical working
				experience as a trade person or construction, design or inspection industry
				professional, for compensation.
(11) "Initial Training" means board-approved
				training provided to individuals not already certified by this board in any
				category or as a firesafety inspector, and providing an alternative to the
				typical prerequisite experience/education.
(12) "Internship Certification Program" means
				a board-approved program(s) of learning for individuals seeking certification
				as either a building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical inspector or plans
				examiner while employed full-time by a governmental jurisdiction, which
				emphasizes on-the-job-training and provides an alternative to the typical
				prerequisite experience/education for licensure as an inspector or plans
				examiner.
(13) "Municipal Service
				Provider" means a company, firm or person that provides persons or is a person
				possessing standard licensure under this part and performs activities of
				inspection, plan review or Building Code Administrator services to a
				governmental entity under contract with that entity.
(14) "One and two family dwelling inspector"
				means an individual approved for standard certification by the Board prior to
				July 1, 2020 who is qualified to inspect and determine that one and two family
				dwelling and accessory structures are constructed in accordance with the
				provisions of the Florida Building Code/Residential.
(15) "Private provider" is as defined in
				Section 553.791(1)(n),
				F.S., and means a person providing alternative plans review and inspection
				services, who is licensed as a building code administrator under Part XII of
				Chapter 468, F.S., as an engineer under Chapter 471, F.S., or as an architect
				under Chapter 481, F.S. For purposes of performing inspections under Section
				553.79, F.S., for additions and
				alterations that are limited to 1, 000 square feet or less to residential
				buildings, the term "private provider" also includes a person who holds a
				standard certificate under Part XII of Chapter 468, F.S. The term does not
				include a non-governmental employee exercising building construction regulation
				responsibilities pursuant to contract with a state or local governmental agency
				or jurisdiction (commonly known as a "Municipal Services Provider").
(16) "Residential Inspector" means a person
				approved for and has passed an examination administered by the International
				Code Council for this category after July 1, 2020 who is qualified to inspect
				and determine that one-family, two family, or three-family residences, and
				their accessory structures are constructed in accordance with the provisions of
				the governing; building, plumbing, mechanical, accessibility, and electrical
				codes.
(17) "Supervisory
				Experience" means that an applicant meets the supervisory experience
				requirement, an applicant for certification under this part shall have
				performed management or supervisory responsibilities that shall have included
				operational control and direction of persons in the production of construction
				design, actual construction, or construction inspection, or other category of
				work acceptable to the board.
(18)
				"Verifiable Experience" means experience which can be confirmed and/or
				substantiated by board-approved attestation, evidence or testimony.
				Postsecondary education substituted in lieu of verifiable experience shall be
				documented through copies of official transcripts.
(19) "Voluntary certification program" means
				those certification programs operated by the Southern Building Code Congress
				International, Building Officials Association of Florida, Council of American
				Building Officials, South Florida Building Code (Dade and Broward), and the
				voluntary certification program formerly operated by the Florida Department of
				Community Affairs.
Rulemaking Authority
					 468.606,
					 468.607 FS. Law Implemented
					 455.01,
					 468.603,
					 468.609
					 FS.
New 5-23-94, Amended 5-21-95, 11-20-95, 1-16-03, 6-8-17,
					 2-14-18, 10-21-20, 12-21-22.