Section 61E1-4.001 - Licensure of Business Organizations and Qualifying Agents(1)(a) As a prerequisite to the initial issuance of a license to a qualifying agent, business organization, or a change in the status of an active business organization license, the applicant shall pay the required fee as provided for in Rule 61E1-3.001, F.A.C., of this chapter, and submit a signed, completed application on Form DBPR ALU 2, Application for Licensure as a Business, effective April 2019, incorporated herein by reference, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10720, which can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com or by contacting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. If the applicant proposes to engage in asbestos consulting or asbestos contracting as a partnership, corporation, business trust or other legal entity, or in any name other than the applicant's legal name, the legal entity must comply with Section 469.006(2), F.S. The applicant must furnish evidence of statutory compliance of Section 865.09, F.S., if a fictitious name is used.(b) The application shall contain the information contained in Sections 469.006(2)(b)1., 2., 3., and 4., F.S. 1. If a limited partnership is formed for the purposes of a joint venture, the qualifying business organization or individual must be a general partner of the joint venture.2. The applicant's street and mailing address, and where applicable, a current license number. A post office box, by itself, is not acceptable as an address.3. A list of the previous three completed asbestos projects, including the date of completion, address of the project, and the name of the owner.4. If the business organization has a financially responsible officer, the financially responsible officer, rather than the qualifying contractor or consultant, shall sign and complete Form DBPR ALU 5, Application for Financially Responsible Officer, effective April 2019, incorporated herein by reference, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10721, together with the appropriate financially responsible officer fee as specified in Rule 61E1-3.001, F.A.C. The form can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com or by contacting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. The application shall include the requirements of Section 469.006(2)(a)2., F.S.5. If the qualifying agent is a primary qualifying agent, the application shall include the requirements of section 469.006(2)(a)1., F.S.6. If the qualifying agent is a secondary qualifying agent, the application shall include the requirements of section 469.006(2)(a)3., F.S.(c) In order that the department may carry out its statutory duty to investigate the financial responsibility, credit and business reputation of a new applicant for licensure or a change of status of a licensee, an applicant shall be required to forward the following, in addition to the signed, completed application for licensure, to the Department for review:1. A credit report from any recognized credit bureau which includes liens, judgments, suits and bankruptcy obtained from county, state, and federal records. The credit report must be dated within six (6) months of the date of filing the application. Reports which are limited to only information obtained from the qualifying agent or past or present employers are not acceptable.2. A letter of bond ability, a letter of credit or a compliance bond established to reimburse the appropriate parties for diversion of funds, abandonment, and all other statutory violations. These instruments must be written in the amount of $10,000 or more and are not to be construed as performance bonds.3. A signed statement indicating the applicant has obtained and will maintain public liability and property damage insurance in the amounts set forth herein.(2)(a) An applicant may have license(s) issued in his name as an individual or, where applicable, as a qualifying agent for a partnership, corporation, business trust, or other business organization.(b) A license issued to a business organization shall bear the name of the business organization, the name of the qualifying agent noted thereon, the address of the business organization, and the license number of the business organization.(c) Qualification of a business organization is only effective as to that organization; subsidiaries or parents of the qualified business organization must be separately qualified.(d) A license issued to a business organization authorizes the business organization to contract only within the scope of work of the qualifying consultant or contractor's license.(e) For purposes of this rule, practice as an individual is considered practice as a business organization. Once a licensee qualifies one business organization, any request to qualify another business organization must be approved by the department. The licensee or the new business organization shall supply the same information to the department as is required of initial applicants under this chapter. An applicant shall complete and submit Form DBPR ALU 1, Application for Licensure as an Individual, effective April 2019, incorporated herein by reference, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10722, together with the appropriate fee as specified in Rule 61E1-3.001, F.A.C. The form can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com or by contacting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.(f) If any qualifying agent ceases to be affiliated with a business organization, the agent shall inform the department in writing, listing the name of the business organization and license number, within thirty (30) days of cessation.(g) A business organization which loses its qualifying person shall have sixty (60) days from the date the qualifier terminated his affiliation within which to obtain another qualifying person.(h) For purposes of compliance with Section 469.006(5)(b), F.S., all advertising related to asbestos consulting or contracting must bear each of the qualifying consultant or contractor's individual license number(s) or the business organization's license number.(i) Any false statement or information submitted by an applicant for licensure, or submitted for renewal of licensure, or for a change of status, shall constitute cause for discipline against the holder of the license.(j) The Department shall investigate for the purpose of corroborating any of the information submitted pursuant to this rule.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 61E1-4.001
Rulemaking Authority 455.2035, 455.213, 469.008, 469.011 FS. Law Implemented 455.213, 469.004, 469.005, 469.006, 469.007, 469.008, 559.79 FS.
New 10-17-95, Amended 10-29-97, 3-23-04, Amended by Florida Register Volume 45, Number 172, September 4, 2019 effective 9/15/2019.New 10-17-95, Amended 10-29-97, 3-23-04, 9-15-19.