§ 6-86. Continuing education.

Any contractor holding a local license with Lake County must complete the continuing education requirements before his or her local license will be renewed. A total of fourteen (14) classroom hours, of at least fifty (50) minutes each, of continuing education courses will be required during each two-year period prior to the renewal date. The contractor must complete at least one (1) hour of workplace safety class, one (1) hour of a business practices class, and one (1) hour of a worker's compensation class, (1) hour of building code, and (1) hour of laws and rules which is included in the total fourteen (14) required hours of class. The contractor shall provide proof of completion the core curriculum courses or passing the equivalency test of the building code training program established in F.S. § 553.841, specific to the licensing category sought, within two (2) years of initial issuance of the local license. Classroom hours spent taking core curriculum courses shall count toward the fourteen (14) hours required for renewal.

(1)

If a contractor is on an inactive status with Lake County, the contractor must complete fourteen (14) hours of continuing education before renewing their license on an active status.

(2)

A person is not required to complete continuing education requirements for the year in which a local license is initially issued. Any person who obtains a local license more than twelve (12) months prior to the license renewal date is required to complete two (2) classroom hours of approved continuing education per quarter, not to exceed seven (7) hours for the first year, as a condition of the first renewal of the local license.

(3)

Courses must be approved by the building official.

(4)

In order to verify completion of the continuing education requirement, the local license holder shall submit proof of the following by providing a copy of the certificates.

a.

Number of classroom hours attended;

b.

Course name;

c.

Location of the course; and

d.

Date of the course.

(Ord. No. 2016-04, § 2, 2-2-16)