§ 22-530. Inactive status.

Any person holding a certificate of competency may go on inactive status, during which time he shall not engage in the contracting field for which the certificate was issued, but may retain his certificate on an inactive basis upon payment of an annual renewal fee. Any person on inactive status desiring to return to active status may do so by applying to the secretary of the board for return to active status. However, certificate holders who have been on inactive status shall be required to comply with the following requirements:

(1)

The secretary to the board shall administratively return to active status the certificate of competency of any person who has held that certificate of competency on inactive status for five years or less, where the certificate holder satisfies the following requirements:

a.

The certificate holder files a properly completed application form with the secretary to the board;

b.

The certificate holder files the appropriate fee with the secretary to the board;

c.

The certificate holder provides the secretary to the board with a credit report and financial statement evidencing that the applicant is financially responsible and able to again engage in the requested contracting field; and

d.

The certificate holder provides proof of insurance as required by this article.

(2)

The board may approve the return to active status of the certificate of competency of any person who has held a certificate of competency as a contractor under this article on inactive status for more than five years, and less than ten years, under the following conditions:

a.

The certificate holder provides the board with satisfactory evidence that he is a certified master or journeyman in the contractor category for which reactivation is sought, and has been actively engaged in that trade during the three-years period immediately prior to the date of application for reactivation of the certificate of competency;

b.

The certificate holder provides the secretary to the board all of those items set forth in subsections (1)a. through (1)d.; and

c.

The certificate holder shall successfully complete an examination testing his knowledge of rudimentary administrative principles of the contracting field for which reactivation is sought. Contractors who are registered with the state department of business and professional regulation may provide continuing education hours in lieu of administrative examination if such registered contractor's continuing education hours are in compliance with F.S. 489.115, or any other administrative rule as may be adopted by the department of business and professional regulation.

(3)

Any person who has held a certificate of competency as a contractor on inactive status for more than five years, and is not certified as a master or journeyman in that contractor classification at the time application for reactivation is made, shall be required to satisfy all relevant conditions for certification set forth in this article.

(4)

Any person who has held a certificate of competency as a master or journeyman in any contractor classification on an inactive status shall have such master or journeyman certificate of competency returned to active status administratively by the secretary to the board, provided the applicant submits to the secretary to the board a properly completed application form and the appropriate fee.

(5)

The board may approve the return to active status of the certificate of competency of any person who has held a certificate of competency as a contractor on inactive status for more than five years, but less than ten years, subject to the following conditions:

a.

The certificate holder provides the secretary to the board all of those items set forth in subparagraph (1)a. through (1)d. above;

b.

The certificate holder shall successfully complete an examination testing his knowledge of rudimentary administrative principles of the contracting field for which reactivation is sought; and

c.

The certificate holder provides the board with proof that he had been actively working at a comparable level in the contracting field for which reactivation is sought during the three-year period immediately prior to the date of application for reactivation, and such proof shall include affidavits or equivalent evidence from any or all of the following:

1.

Owners or managers of companies;

2.

Financial institutions;

3.

Active certified contractors in the field for which reactivation is sought, for whom the certificate holder has been employed during the inactive status period;

4.

Copies of federal income tax withholding records evidencing employment in trade during inactive status period.

(6)

The secretary to the board shall administratively return to active status the certificate of competency of any person who has held that certificate of competency on inactive status for more than five years, but less than ten years, when that person provides the secretary to the board with sufficient written evidence that he has actively managed or operated a business in good standing in another county or city in the state for a three-year period immediately prior to the date of application for reactivation, and further, provides the secretary to the board all of those items set forth in subparagraph (1)a. through (1)d. above.

(7)

The board may approve the return to active status of the certificate of competency of any person who has held that certificate of competency on inactive status for more than five years, and that person was required to maintain his certificate of competency on inactive status as a prerequisite of his employment including, but not limited to, government building officials and inspectors, where that certificate holder satisfies all the following requirements:

a.

The certificate holder provides the board with satisfactory evidence that he has been required to maintain his certificate of competency on inactive status as a prerequisite of his employment during the entire inactive status period;

b.

The certificate holder provides the secretary to the board all of those items set forth in subparagraph (1)a. through (1)d.; and

c.

The certificate holder submits his application for return to active status within 30 calendar days of the date that the certificate holder is no longer required to maintain the certificate of competency on inactive status as a prerequisite of his employment.

(8)

Any person who held a certificate of competency on inactive status for ten years or more, except master and journeyman (as provided under paragraph (4) above), and except for those persons qualifying under the provisions of paragraph (7) above, shall not have such certificate of competency returned to active status unless, and until, such person satisfies all relevant conditions for certification set forth in this article.

(9)

Any person who held a certificate of competency on a delinquent status in excess of four years shall be required to satisfy all relevant conditions for certification set forth in this article.

(Code 1979, § 6-61; Ord. No. 96-10, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 01-14, § 8, 4-3-01; Ord. No. 05-15, § 7, 4-26-05)