Additional F.A.Q. Info
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- License Application Assistance
- Workers Compensation Requirements
- Continuing Education (CE) Requirements
- License APPLICATION ASSISTANCE -
LICENSE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
1. How can I obtain assistance on completing my application?
If you have any questions or need assistance completing your application, please contact the department’s Customer Contact Center at 850.487.1395.
2. Where do I mail my application?
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Bureau of Central Intake and Licensure
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783
3. What are the fees for Construction applications?
• Certified Contractor’s Examination - $135.00
• Financially Responsible Officer - $200.00
• Qualified Business License - $59.00
• Limited Non-renewable Registration - $309.00
• Initial Licensure for Certified Contractor –
If you passed all parts of your examination prior to January 1, 2009, the following fees apply: $409.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between May 1 of an even year and August 31 of an odd year. The fee is prorated to $309.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between September 1 of an odd year and April 30 of an even year.
• Initial Licensure for Certified Contractor –
If you passed any part of your examination after January 1, 2009, the following fees apply: $249.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between May 1 of an even year and August 31 of an odd year. The fee is prorated to $149.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between September 1 of an odd year and April 30 of an even year.
• Initial Licensure for Registered Contractor -
$309.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between May 1 of an odd year and August 31 of an even year. The fee is prorated to $209.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between September 1 of an even year and April 30 of an odd year.
• Contractor to change from one business entity to another -
$50.00 for the contractor and $50.00 for the business
• Contractor to change status from individual to qualifying business -
$50.00 for the contractor and $59.00 if the business does not already have a qualifying business license
• Contractor to change status from qualifying a business to individual status - $50.00
• Certified Contractor to qualify an additional business entity -
$209.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between May 1 of an even year and August 31 of an odd year. The fee is prorated to $109.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between September 1 of an odd year and April 30 of an even year.
• Registered Contractor to qualify an additional business organization -
$309.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between May 1 of an odd year and August 31 of an even year. The fee is prorated to $209.00 if you are applying for initial licensure between September 1 of an even year and April 30 of an odd year.
- WORKERS COMPENSATION Requirements -
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- License Renewal Information -
RENEWAL INFORMATION
1. Do I have to renew an inactive license?
You must renew your inactive license every two years.
2. When do I renew my qualified business license?
You must renew your qualified business license on August 31 of every odd-numbered year.
3. What does current, active status means?
Your contractor’s license is current and you may practice within your scope of work.
4. What does current, inactive status means?
Your contractor’s license is current, but you are not actively practicing within the construction profession.
5. What does delinquent, active status means?
Your contractor’s license was not renewed by the expiration date. The status of your license before the expiration date was active. You may not practice with this license until the status has been updated.
6. What does delinquent, inactive status means?
Your contractor’s license was not renewed by the expiration date. The status of your license before the expiration date was inactive.
7. Can I reactivate my null and void license?
Generally, you must start the licensure process over. If you are certified, you must retake the state contractor’s examination. However, the Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB) has discretion to reinstate the certification of a licensee who failed to renew as a result of illness or undue hardship. The CILB has discretion on a case-by-case basis to determine illness and hardship. Currently, affected licensees must file a petition with the board. There will eventually be an application available. If you are registered and your local contractor’s license is still valid, all you have to do is re-register with the department.
8. When I reapply, will I be able to get my old license number back?
If your license is reinstated because of illness or hardship, you may keep the old license number. If the board does not reinstate your license and you reapply, you will receive a new license number, because the old license no longer exists.
9. What are the fees to renew my certified and registered contractor’s license?
• Current, active - $209.00
• Delinquent, active - $309.00
• Current, inactive - $59.00
• Delinquent, inactive - $159.00
10. When do I renew my license?
Certified contractors renew their licenses on August 31 of every even-numbered year.
Registered contractors renew their licenses August 31 of every odd-numbered year.
11. What is the application fee for a contractor to reactivate outside of a renewal period?
The fee is $250.00.
12. What is the fee for a contractor to become inactive outside a renewal period?
The fee is $50.00. Please note that there is no fee required to become inactive during a renewal period.
- Continuing education (CE) requirements -
CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) REQUIREMENTS
1. What are the CE requirements for license renewal?
All contractors are required, as a part of the 14 hours of continuing education, to have at least one hour in each of the following areas of study: Workplace Safety, Workers' Compensation, Business Practices, Advanced Module Building Code, and Laws and Rules. Additionally General, Building, Residential, Roofing, Specialty Structure, and Glass and Glazing contractors must complete one hour of Wind Mitigation Methodology as part of their required 14-hours. The remaining are classified as general credits.
2. I am changing my license status to inactive. Am I required to maintain my continuing education?
No. However, when you reactivate your license, you must show proof of completing 14 hours for each inactive renewal cycle. Included in each of the 14 hours, you must show that you have complied with all requirements for your license type.
3. Can continuing education be completed online?
Yes. There are certain providers who are approved to teach online courses. A list of approved providers can be found online at http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/servop/testing/documents/ce_prov.pdf. Providers with the “C / I” or “I” designation are approved to offer online courses.
4. When did continuing education become a requirement?
The requirement became effective in the Florida Statutes in December 1993. For registered contractors, the first reporting cycle was 1993-1995. For certified contractors, the first reporting cycle was 1994-1996.
5. When did business practices become a requirement?
Business practices was added as a mandatory hour in 1998 affecting the 1998-2000 renewal cycle for certified contractors and the 1997-1999 renewal cycle for registered contractors.
6. When did the advanced building code module become a requirement?
It became a requirement in September 2005. It began during the 2004-2006 renewal cycle for certified contractors and the 2005-2007 renewal cycle for registered contractors.
7. When did Wind Mitigation Methodologies become a requirement?
It became a requirement in November 2007. It began during the 2006-2008 renewal cycle for certified contractors and the 2007-2009 renewal cycle for registered contractors.
8. When did Laws and Rules become a requirement?
It became a requirement in September 2007. It began during the 2006-2008 renewal cycle for certified contractors and the 2007-2009 renewal cycle for registered contractors. Originally the requirement was 3-hours however as of November 2007 it was changed to 1-hour.
9. How can I check on the number of hours of CE that I have completed?
Simply go to https://www.myfloridalicense.com/ActivateAccountInstruct.asp?Page=CErequirements.asp&SID=, to log on or activate your account and verify your completed CE hours. The requirement for providers to report completion of courses was not established until September 1, 2001. Therefore, the only hours tracked are those completed since that date. Licensees should maintain their individual course completion certificates. Online accounts will only reflect hours for the current renewal cycle. Licensees will not be able to view past hours once a renewal cycle has ended and/or the license has been renewed.
The information above was reproduced from the following Florida State Document: