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Florida Certified Mechanical Contrator available as a qualfier for reputable, stable successful mechanical contracting firm, A/C A or A/C B business. Serious inquiries only contact lowell1966@aol.com

mdshunk

Is that legal? Ethical? Where I come from, "renting" your license to a contractor is grounds for having your license yanked.

Journeyman

Here, in Florida the law states that you can "Qualify" up to 3 different companies under one license.

I know a guy who double dips. Both him & wife are licensed builders. I'm not totally sure what the letter of the law is, but there are many folks who enter into a partnership type of agreement for a % of the construction costs. They will pull permits for you as well as sign off on your loan papers, but not offer any supervsion.

So if my cost for example are $400,000 and I charge 3%, I just made 12k. Is there risk? sure there is.

CGofMP

Sounds like a liability suit waiting to happen....

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Title ***II
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS Chapter 489
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489.1195 Responsibilities.--

(1) A qualifying agent is a primary qualifying agent unless he or she is a secondary qualifying agent under this section.

(a) All primary qualifying agents for a business organization are jointly and equally responsible for supervision of all operations of the business organization; for all field work at all sites; and for financial matters, both for the organization in general and for each specific job.

(b) Upon approval by the board, a business entity may designate a financially responsible officer for purposes of certification or registration. A financially responsible officer shall be responsible for all financial aspects of the business organization and may not be designated as the primary qualifying agent. The designated financially responsible officer shall furnish evidence of the financial responsibility, credit, and business reputation of either himself or herself, or the business organization he or she desires to qualify, as determined appropriate by the board.

(c) Where a business organization has a certified or registered financially responsible officer, the primary qualifying agent shall be responsible for all construction activities of the business organization, both in general and for each specific job.

(d) The board shall adopt rules prescribing the qualifications for financially responsible officers, including net worth, cash, and bonding requirements. These qualifications must be at least as extensive as the requirements for the financial responsibility of qualifying agents.

(2)(a) One of the qualifying agents for a business organization that has more than one qualifying agent may be designated as the sole primary qualifying agent for the business organization by a joint agreement that is executed, on a form provided by the board, by all qualifying agents for the business organization.

(b) The joint agreement must be submitted to the board for approval. If the board determines that the joint agreement is in good order, it shall approve the designation and immediately notify the qualifying agents of such approval. The designation made by the joint agreement is effective upon receipt of the notice by the qualifying agents.

(c) The qualifying agent designated for a business organization by a joint agreement is the sole primary qualifying agent for the business organization, and all other qualifying agents for the business organization are secondary qualifying agents.

(d) A designated sole primary qualifying agent has all the responsibilities and duties of a primary qualifying agent, notwithstanding that there are secondary qualifying agents for specified jobs. The designated sole primary qualifying agent is jointly and equally responsible with secondary qualifying agents for field work supervision.

(e) A secondary qualifying agent is responsible only for:

1. The supervision of field work at sites where his or her license was used to obtain the building permit; and

2. Any other work for which he or she accepts responsibility.

A secondary qualifying agent is not responsible for supervision of financial matters.

(3)(a) A qualifying agent who has been designated by a joint agreement as the sole primary qualifying agent for a business organization may terminate this status as such by giving actual notice to the business organization, to the board, and to all secondary qualifying agents of his or her intention to terminate this status. The notice to the board must include proof satisfactory to the board that he or she has given the notice required in this paragraph.

(b) The status of the qualifying agent shall cease upon the designation of a new primary qualifying agent or 60 days after satisfactory notice of termination has been provided to the board, whichever first occurs.

(c) If no new primary qualifying agent has been designated within 60 days, all secondary qualifying agents for the business organization shall become primary qualifying agents unless the joint agreement specifies that one or more of them shall become sole qualifying agents under such circumstances, in which case only they shall become sole qualifying agents.

(d) Any change in the status of a qualifying agent is prospective only. A qualifying agent is not responsible for his or her predecessor's actions but is responsible, even after a change in status, for matters for which he or she was responsible while in a particular status.

History.--ss. 11, 21, ch. 88-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 93-166; s. 484, ch. 97-103; s. 11, ch. 97-228; s. 4, ch. 98-116; s. 27, ch. 99-7.

Z_U_L8R

What would one charge to qualify a company?

bwalley

In Florida, if you properly qualify a company it is legal.

Home Depot, Lowes, etc. all have a licensee that qualifies their business, only individuals can get licensed as a contractor in Florida and then they can qualify a company.

If you pull a permit for an unlicensed contractor you are aiding and abbetting an unlicensed contractor which is a crime.

Aiding and abbetting an unlicensed contractor could cause you to get disciplined by the CILB, or even have your license revoked.