The following fees are prescribed by the Board:
    (1) Application for Certification by Examination; Refund.
    (a) The application and examination fee for an applicant for certification shall be three hundred thirty-five dollars ($335.00) and shall be nonrefundable. Said fee shall cover both the processing of the application for certification and the administration of the examination. The applicant will pay one hundred thirty-five dollars ($135.00) directly to the Department, or the Department’s examination development vendor upon scheduling of the tests that comprise the examination. The applicant will pay the Department, or the Department’s assigned vendor, eighty dollars ($80.00) to cover examination administration costs for each test administered. The applicant will pay the Department forty dollars ($40.00) for processing of the application after they have successfully passed the examination. The contract administration and project management tests are considered one test for fee assessment pursuant to this rule.
    (b) For an unsuccessful examinee or approved applicant who failed to appear at the examination, the fee for the next subsequent test, or both tests if necessary, shall be one hundred thirty-five dollars ($135.00) and paid directly to the Department, or the Department’s examination development vendor upon scheduling of the test(s). Eighty dollars (80.00) shall be paid to the Department, or the Department’s assigned vendor, for examination administration upon scheduling of each test to be administered. The fees shall be nonrefundable.
    (2) The application fee for registration shall be $100.00.
    (3) Biennial Renewal; Fees.
    (a) The biennial renewal fee for certification and registration shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).
    (b) The biennial renewal for certification and registration on inactive status shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
    (c) The biennial renewal for certification and registration where said licensees are building code administrators, plans examiners or inspectors certified pursuant to Part XII of Florida Statutes Chapter 468, who are employed by a local government, and who are not allowed by the terms of such employment to maintain a certificate on active status, shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
    (4) Initial License; Fees.
    (a) The initial certification or registration fee for registrants shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). However, any initial certification or registration fee for registrants remitted within the second year of a biennium shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). Said fee shall apply to the partial period only; all subsequent biennial renewal fees shall be in accordance with subsection (3), above.
    (b) The initial designation fee for financially responsible officers shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).
    (5) The fee to transfer a license from one business entity to another shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars.
    (6) The application fee for reactivation of an inactive certification or registration shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
    (7) The fee for the review of an examination pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 455 and 489, F.S., shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
    (8) The fee for a duplicate copy of a previously issued license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
    (9) The fee to transfer a registration or certification from active to inactive status shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars.
    (10) Certification and Registration of Business Organizations.
    (a) The application and initial issue of certification or registration for a business organization shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
    (b) The biennial renewal fee for a certification or registration issued to a business organization shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
    (11)(a) Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 455.271(7), the delinquency fee for certification or registration shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
    (b) Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 455.271(7), the delinquency fee for qualified business organizations shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
    (12)(a) Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 455.271(8), the fee for processing a licensee’s request to change licensure status at any time other than at the beginning of a licensure cycle shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars.
    (b) Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 455.271(8), the fee for processing a request for a change of status for a qualified business organization at any time other than at the beginning of a licensure cycle shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars.
    (13) The application fee for certification of a registered contractor pursuant to Florida Statutes § 489.118, shall be $100.00.
    (14) The fee for application to reinstate a null and void license is one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Rulemaking Authority 455.213(2), 455.217(2), 455.219(1), 455.271(6), (8), 489.108, 489.109, 489.118 FS. Law Implemented 455.213(2), 455.217(2), 455.219(1), 455.271(6), (7), (8), 489.109 FS. History-New 10-1-79, Formerly 21E-12.01, Amended 1-6-80, 12-16-80, 3-15-81, 5-31-81, 11-14-82, 4-3-84, Formerly 21E-12.09, Amended 2-4-87, 1-26-88, 6-21-88, 9-19-88, 4-18-89, 5-23-89, 8-23-89, 5-29-90, 3-20-91, 12-21-92, 1-28-93, 7-14-93, Formerly 21E-12.009, Amended 7-18-94, 6-27-95, 8-29-95, 9-18-96, 2-4-98, 2-10-00, 2-6-03, 2-27-05, 11-8-06, 12-8-08, 10-30-17.