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61-30.101: License Requirements
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Professions has received the petition for declaratory statement from Mark A. Cramer on July 1, 2011. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Sections 468.841(1)(d) and 468.8411, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
Can licensed home inspectors, operating within the scope of licensure, inspect for the presence or absence of mold, or sample and identify the presence of mold if any visible mold is less than 10 sq. ft. in area? Also, can licensed home inspectors, when operating within the scope of licensure, offer and advertise mold testing, sampling, and inspections if they are not holding themselves out as a “mold assessor”? Also, can anyone perform mold testing, mold sampling, or mold inspections if they are not holding themselves out as a “mold assessor” and if they have no prior knowledge of conditions in the home?
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202, (850)921-0342.
Please refer all comments to: Richard Morrison, Executive Director, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Professions, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0783.