There are two sides to the question or responsibility when you qualify a company in Florida: Construction and Financial.
In regards to the construction related aspects for the company, there must be a person legally appointed as the qualifier to act for the business organization in all matters connected with its contracting business. This individual needs to have been given authority to supervise all construction work performed by the business. If there is already a Primary Qualifier for the business, then another applicant can be secondary while that primary is in place. A secondary is only responsible only for the supervision of fieldwork at sites where his or her license was used to obtain the building permit and any other work for which he or she accepts responsibility. Obviously there must be a primary for a secondary to exist.
Taking on financial responsibility means that if the Construction Industry Licensing Board assesses fines, investigative costs, or restitution to a property owner, these assessments will go against the contractor’s license. If he elects not to be financially responsible, the responsibility would go to the appointed Financial Responsible Officer (typically an owner and/or officer of the company). If the primary qualifying agent (the contractor) will NOT have final approval authority on all business matters, including contracts, specifications, checks, drafts, or payments, regardless of the form of payment, made by the entity then he must appoint a Financially Responsible Officer. This will alleviate his financial responsibility, but he will still be responsible for all construction-related matters.
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