| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to mold-related services; repealing part |
| 3 | XVI of chapter 468, F.S., relating to the mold-related |
| 4 | services licensing program of the Department of Business |
| 5 | and Professional Regulation, the regulation of mold |
| 6 | assessment and mold remediation, the examination, |
| 7 | licensure, continuing education, and discipline of mold |
| 8 | assessors and mold remediators, and the certification of |
| 9 | corporations and partnerships offering mold assessment or |
| 10 | mold remediation to the public; amending ss. 20.165 and |
| 11 | 455.2123, F.S.; conforming provisions; providing an |
| 12 | effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Part XVI of chapter 468, Florida Statutes, |
| 17 | consisting of sections 468.84, 468.841, 468.8411, 468.8412, |
| 18 | 468.8413, 468.8414, 468.8415, 468.8416, 468.8417, 468.8418, |
| 19 | 468.8419, 468.842, 468.8421, 468.8422, 468.8423, and 468.8424, |
| 20 | is repealed. |
| 21 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 22 | 20.165, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 23 | 20.165 Department of Business and Professional |
| 24 | Regulation.-There is created a Department of Business and |
| 25 | Professional Regulation. |
| 26 | (4)(a) The following boards and programs are established |
| 27 | within the Division of Professions: |
| 28 | 1. Board of Architecture and Interior Design, created |
| 29 | under part I of chapter 481. |
| 30 | 2. Florida Board of Auctioneers, created under part VI of |
| 31 | chapter 468. |
| 32 | 3. Barbers' Board, created under chapter 476. |
| 33 | 4. Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors |
| 34 | Board, created under part XII of chapter 468. |
| 35 | 5. Construction Industry Licensing Board, created under |
| 36 | part I of chapter 489. |
| 37 | 6. Board of Cosmetology, created under chapter 477. |
| 38 | 7. Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board, created under |
| 39 | part II of chapter 489. |
| 40 | 8. Board of Employee Leasing Companies, created under part |
| 41 | XI of chapter 468. |
| 42 | 9. Board of Landscape Architecture, created under part II |
| 43 | of chapter 481. |
| 44 | 10. Board of Pilot Commissioners, created under chapter |
| 45 | 310. |
| 46 | 11. Board of Professional Engineers, created under chapter |
| 47 | 471. |
| 48 | 12. Board of Professional Geologists, created under |
| 49 | chapter 492. |
| 50 | 13. Board of Veterinary Medicine, created under chapter |
| 51 | 474. |
| 52 | 14. Home inspection services licensing program, created |
| 53 | under part XV of chapter 468. |
| 54 | 15. Mold-related services licensing program, created under |
| 55 | part XVI of chapter 468. |
| 56 | Section 3. Section 455.2123, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 57 | to read: |
| 58 | 455.2123 Continuing education.-A board, or the department |
| 59 | when there is no board, may provide by rule that distance |
| 60 | learning may be used to satisfy continuing education |
| 61 | requirements. A board, or the department when there is no board, |
| 62 | shall approve distance learning courses as an alternative to |
| 63 | classroom courses to satisfy continuing education requirements |
| 64 | provided for in part VIII or, part XV, or part XVI of chapter |
| 65 | 468 or part I or part II of chapter 475 and may not require |
| 66 | centralized examinations for completion of continuing education |
| 67 | requirements for the professions licensed under part VIII or, |
| 68 | part XV, or part XVI of chapter 468 or part I or part II of |
| 69 | chapter 475. |
| 70 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |